To what are they gonna rename the company now?
SLOP
Who cares about billions of dollars wasted on the last profitless scheme when there is a whole new profitless scheme to dumb money into? Line goes up!
So, they were still throwing tons of resources into this years after it flopped?
“Flop”, to me, implies some sort of jump. “Metaverse” just kinda rolled off the edge of a cliff immediately, like a dog shitting on a frozen hill.
Oh look, that completely predictable outcome of an obviously stupid fucking idea, that people still felt the need to argue with me about so many years ago despite it being obviously doomed for failure.
Can Facebook unsteal the name now?
I’ve always appreciated that they stole the name from Snow Crash. Like Zuck completely unironically named his company after a technological dystopian hellscape infected with a virus that destroys people’s brains. Honestly, I don’t think there’s a better name for Facebook.
Did he say he named it for that? Bc I can totally believe he has no idea what Snow Crash is.
completely predictable outcome of an obviously stupid fucking idea
Nah, it could have worked if Meta started by
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sell the hardware to businesses and schools at a loss, with a requirement users be able to take the sets home.
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Publish standards to allow all apps to have multiplayer and compatible full body avatars, same control scheme, movement, etc.
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buying up VRChat and any other apps with a large user base, refactoring them for compatibility.
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Develop and release free multiuser apps, from virtual office/meetings to virtual movies to home decor.
Somehow FB didn’t even try to exploit the same effects that forced everyone into Apple, MS, and FB.
To be clear, its for the best, the end result of FB giving out millions of headsets at a loss would have been making even more money selling much more precise user data, and virtual nikes and shit.
No. The entire concept is just dumb. Adding less efficient means of doing things isn’t a selling point.
Clearly the idea isn’t done because there are other versions of the metaverse that work very well and are making money.
there are other versions of the metaverse that work very well and are making money.
What do you mean?
ChatVR, RecRoom, Roblox, BattleBit, Project Loom (Which Google killed for no reason, but it wasn’t because of lack of success), and of course the OG, Second Life.
Hell you could even make the arguement for Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen if they ever finish it.
Some of those projects haven’t just been successful they’re so successful that they are starting to affect government policy.
You’re just listing random games, none of which are remotely related to the metaverse…
Do you even know what we’re talking about? Have you ever played any of those games, they are very much in the style of what meta where trying to do.
If you took Meta’s description of what the “Metaverse” is and then looked at chatVR it’s basically the same product.
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Nothing of value was lost
Fuck off, sincerely. It’s hard enough out there for game devs as it is without heartless idiots online celebrating the demise of their studios.
Also, obviously, fuck Meta for closing them.
The metaverse was always going to be a flop.
I get why devs jumped in, for that sweet Facebook cash injection.
But, gotta be realists here. It was always going to fail, and it was easy free money until that point.
Always. Buying hardware from Facebook just feels gross to a lot of people, even those that dont even really care about privacy.
I’ll celebrate every aspect of the scam that is Metaverse and the oculus rift dying off.
Like any other studio bought by a big corporation this is the inevitable outcome and I wish the best for the employees that had no say in the matter.
It’s not like Meta just shut down some random game studios. They chose to get into bed with Meta. This was the most predictable outcome.
That’s probably a lot of lost jobs.
they took the meta out of Meta 🤣
Companies like meta and Amazon can’t be trusted with gaming, it’s just a silly side project to them. If I was working at a studio acquired by either I would be shit scared for the studios longevity.
I remember when Amazon went all-in on gaming. Everyone was skeptical, and they partnered up with so many Asian companies.
Then they pulled out. Then they pulled back in. And now they’re kinda in a weird place.
What did they make?
New world and Amazon Luna (maybe im getting the names Mixed up)
Yeah, I eventually found a Wikipedia page about Amazon Game Studios, they still exist and make games, and it looks like they only make mediocre stuff even when they have chances to make something interesting (like King of Meat, that seems to be a well received game, but has awful name, is too pricey, and is almost unknown, making the online too small)
