Metaverse Is Dead

This is the greatest failed project of All Time
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[@rainerzufall5316]

imagine being called into a company meeting on zoom and getting layed off by your bosses metaverse avatar

[@Quzix42]

true cyberpunk

[@jacksonchapline6021]

Wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy

[@Mehmehmeh746]

And while he’s firing you your own avatar is displaying your breakdown

[@FPClarks]

As long as my boss is in a big tiddy waifu avatar I'm sure I wont mind.

[@yukonhyena2957]

Your boss shows up to an all company meeting in their custom fursona model they bought using their bonus. You have to wear sunglasses in order to not be blinded by their tiger fursona's bioluminescent stripes

[@boozypixels]

2022 Meta: You can use your avatar across multiple things! 2006 Nintendo: It's called a Mii

[@alexanderglex4600]

we are unfortunately starting to devolve so a couple years from now we might all turn back into monkeys

[@ic0nic707]

@@alexanderglex4600 reject modernity, return to monke

[@centrifugedestroyer2579]

Miis are better than those abominations in any possible way. You can even make a buger face

[@ctts9946]

@@centrifugedestroyer2579 they also have legs…. And Matt

[@JeckTheMan]

Roblox:

[@7rollface]

Fun fact: After this video was released, Facebook had to issue a statement admitting that the leg movement that you see was actually mo-cap and the avatars can't do that.

[@user-fb9sm7nn2x]

Lol for real?

[@maeezkhalifa9769]

@@user-fb9sm7nn2x yes for real

[@XxTheCupidKidxX]

Fucking spore in 2008 had advanced leg tracking and somehow the zucc can’t get it right

[@aligmal5031]

@@XxTheCupidKidxX even the fu*king the sims games have better avatars

[@ZerglingLover]

@@XxTheCupidKidxX oh man spore was so good and so bad simultaneously. theres a spiritual successor to it being developed, hoping it wont be ruined by EA greed

[@carlireland5049]

I love literally everyone’s reaction went from abject terror of Meta trying to create a new dystopian society under its rule to amused Schadenfreude as the efforts to do so completely failed.

[@friendlycanadian3150]

Everyone went from. "Oh no, Facebook is making a cyberpunk dystopia. The end is now!" Too. "Oh my God, this billion dollar corporation can't even make a knock-off vrchat."

[@carlireland5049]

@@friendlycanadian3150 I can’t remember if this was in that video, but according to attendees at the annual Meta investors’ meeting ‘ol Marky Mark was in literal tears as he had to admit to angry shareholders that the company losing more than the annual GDP of New Zealand per quarter in order to pivot to a new central product used by only 300,000 people was “behind expectations.”

[@friendlycanadian3150]

@carlireland5049 that's pathetic Jesus christ. Imagine being an investor in Facebook, you sold your soul for those dollars and now all your money's going down the drain because all of Facebook can't figure out how to make a vr roblox.

[@carlireland5049]

@@friendlycanadian3150 And then realizing that you gave all your money to the sobbing manchild before you. I’d say Meta was the most stupid company of 2022, but Sam Bankman-Fried blew through his Ponzi fund just in time for FTX to declare bankruptcy at the end of that year. And also for SBF himself to transform himself from “the next J.P. Morgan” to “Le Chiffre, but in real life.”

[@IsaacParton]

The future is awesome, especially the one that Meta doesn't have.

[@unknownvariable9239]

Irony bonus: How can a company so completely obsessed with collecting data from its users be so clueless about what they actually want?

[@GriffinZambia]

*Ok_Dont_Read_My_Name!* *Ok_Dont_Read_My_Name!*

[@flamingmilkshake3368]

LMAO

[@ashkebora7262]

Capitalism. Facebook is the factory farm shoveling that meaty sata to the actual marketing firms. They're Facebook's _customers_ who know how to use the data.

[@servit0r]

I'd say they do as their data suggests them to. So it's the actual source that is that lame.

[@chrispified]

they sell it all as soon as they get it

[@remtato4662]

He looks more human in the metaverse than he does in real life.

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5585]

DONT READ MY USERNAME

[@BarcelonaRussia]

A jew asked for my number, i said that nowadays we have names

[@yungblattt]

I make entertaining videos as well🙏

[@ScarWasNotThere4839]

And more lively and enthusiastic than in real life

[@GriffinZambia]

*Dont_Read_My_Name!!*

[@NotKR-10z]

The way the whole presentation was made you can tell there are good guys on the inside sabotaging everything

[@Aredel]

Or the bad guys are just that inept

[@NotKR-10z]

@@Aredel both variables seem possible

[@Shonda72]

​@@NotKR-10z why not both?

[@funnatopia704]

The worst part about Metaverse isn't that it's a lifeless cash-grab, it's the fact that Mark assumed everyone can afford a VR headset and the systems needed to run a VR game smoothly. Like, imagine your boss sets up a mandatory meeting and its only accessible with something that is financially out of your reach by _miles._

[@DbLegends84]

If a 300 dollar headset is “miles” out of your reach you need to find a decent job im 18 and making 25 an hour with full benefits so idk where these claims come from

[@deomodderr]

​@@DbLegends84Why buy unnecessary shit to get a job, thats the point.

[@DbLegends84]

@@deomodderr that’s not the point I was making. I make over 300 in literally 2 days if you can’t afford a expense that slight every now and then, it’s time to find a different better paying opportunity

[@auquitaine9201]

@@DbLegends84 "look at my money, i'm so rich guys, you can't afford things? fucking poor, get a better job" You're a clown

[@rustinpeace770]

@@DbLegends84Now what is your job then?

[@UnofficialDoJo]

Imagine a Zoom meeting and your boss is in his metaverse persona and he's firing you

[@alexlewis3013]

I can't help but think he's in some anime girl avatar saying something like "uwu cwen outt yowr desks yowr fiwiwed

[@keepitclean8791]

"You're fired " *fornite default dances*

[@gaeborg]

@@keepitclean8791 chinese man sigma dance

[@dipanjanghosal1662]

lmao

[@chinesemassproduction]

real lol here

[@assistantmagus5213]

The fact they still look like and move like characters in an early 2000's trivia game is hilarious

[@Spaethon]

Are you smarter than a 5th grader Xbox 360 🤣

[@reddusk2600]

Accurate

[@eschcal9839]

We all know that isn't Zuckerberg - wait, maybe it IS. Can androids exist in the Metaverse? His avatar face isn't metallic, it looks more alive and can smile - unlike his real face.

[@Dockhead]

@@eschcal9839 they are culling humanity so they can build androids that dont suffer or take ill or rebel against there producer or master.

[@Porabany]

*Bowling alley animation class.*

[@devfrancis7666]

Zucky looks more human as a metaverse avatar than he does in real life 💀

[@wcmatthysen]

It's sad as the Metaverse was the only place Mark really felt human.

[@sirjulious101]

Making Mistakes Makes Us Human

[@LoisoPondohva]

He decided that the best way to stop standing out as a simulated parody of human life is to live in a place where everyone is.

[@Mikezilla115]

I can’t wait until years from now when Mark is dying he creates a giant Easter egg hunt inside the Metaverse and the person who can collect them all first gains all his money and ownership of his company. Except in this version no one is ever even aware the contest exists and there is a lot less emphasize on the 80’s and ancient arcade games.

[@deeznuttes9340]

@@kaxo8550 shekelburg

[@AerYdmyg]

@@sirjulious101 ​ making mistakes make us human, Continuing To Be The Mistake Is What Makes One A *Failure.*

[@erikm8373]

The true, largest failure of the metaverse was a simple one, rooted in facebook's obsession with personal data. They made the hilariously incorrect assumption that people in a vr world would want to look like themselves, missing that most people would prefer to be anime girls with massive boobs or scout tf2

[@shadowfreaper8158]

which game you talking about in vr

[@CosmicHarmony58]

Hahaha anime girls...fkn hilarious...where all their dreams come true 🤣

[@fantage20012]

Yeah why would you want to go in a world where you could be anything you want and not do anything special with it?

[@drmonkeys852]

It's cause they think that the rest of tech will catch on and make it their culture, but it's so out of touch I don't even think I'd see them adopt it. Cause it's so much effort for very little benefit.

[@wyrmghost]

Side eyes vr chat

[@MetalSandman999]

The Metaverse looks like 2000's Grand Theft Auto cut-scenes. I keep thinking the brunette woman talking to Mark Zuckerberg is Asuka giving me missions lol

[@RAWRzooted]

now i wanna play GTA

[@One.Zero.One101]

Meta looks worse than Final Fantasy IX and that was released 24 years ago.

[@thyme_imonlyhumanafterall]

HOW DARE YOU! gta looks way better

[@marcuscarana9240]

My other major problem with the metaverse is how much it feels so "unprofessional" and yet Mark is pushing it to be a work environment. It has the same feeling of adding emojis to confidential documents. Just the whole idea of being cartoons as avatars screams unprofessionalism. And in this day and age, where higher management are forcing subordinates to act more serious and professional while on the job, having avatars has the same feeling as using a cat filter while working. I thought Mark Zuckerberg was a genius since he was a young man able to become a billionnare. But now I don't know how a dumb guy like him was ever to pull that off. He's certainly not as smart as I thought he was.

[@holdenjanzen7029]

No billionaire is rich because they are smart, they are rich because of luck and once given the chance, exploiting people

[@yttrium220]

People have the same reaction to Microsoft's new emojis in Teams. They call it childish and unprofessional, but who in MS cares? Lets change things for the sake of change just to show we are trying to be modern and cool and trendy. Wait, how old is the target audience using Teams? Nevermid.

[@Dudebox64]

@@holdenjanzen7029 more accurately, they are rich because of luck + nepotism, and mostly the latter

[@acklord7145]

They make the avatars so cartoonist and don't add a realism aspect to it most likely because it's more difficult

[@Rockhard1492]

The funniest thing about the legs is that they _had_ legs originally. They removed the legs because of "virtual rape" and people doing lewd gestures. Now they're adding them back because they realize a bunch of floating torsos looks insanely creepy and weird, and they're pretending it's a brand new feature they just came up with. God this whole project is a trainwreck, and it's so much fun to watch.

[@jasperjazzie]

the floating torsos just remind me of a game i played as a kid called whyville, except it was fine there bc the game was like 15 years old and was 2D so it was charming and not terrifying

[@victor448811]

I... I cant believe this

[@Riolupai]

playing the devil's advocate, i actually find that to be a reasonable reason to remove the legs

[@sparkwave2]

@@Riolupai So you're comparing physically raping another person irl to someone doing lewd gestures to you in a game?

[@XegnoPure]

@@Riolupai Playing the Devil Himself, I'm downloading Horizon to help convince Meta to remove the legs again.

[@kylekatzin1563]

I think Mark thought he created this idea himself and no one at FB was brave enough to tell him about VR chat lmao

[@ransackedgranny7563]

Lol true

[@dfquartzidn6151]

None of them were brave enough to say anything of substance, lmao.

[@Bubbble_Bear]

wdym no one was brave enough, no one in that room knew about vrchat

[@Midbooze]

no one knew about vr at that point

[@Nekotaku_TV]

*Meta

[@iwantaplushia8307]

I feel like the Metaverse is just a huge cover up for money laundering 😅

[@josephback-upaccount6116]

Just like the funding of the war in Ukraine.

[@JulieKeys]

@@josephback-upaccount6116 how to tell everyone you're a russian shill without telling everyone you're a russian shill.

[@BlairAnsor]

Yh because 100 billion dollars went to make completely mediocre and subpar product

[@bobbic3011]

I'd think a metaverse could be fun and that's why vr chat exists.

[@stephenheffren4324]

That was literally the first thing I thought about when metaverse launched. Then I realized that VR chat has infinite possibilities for animations, maps, characters, and voices. Metaverse advertised itself as a virtual world for real people to communicate with friends.

[@RagingCookie127]

I love that bad graphics can be described as a "unique style"

[@ashkebora7262]

That's just a lie. It's not unique. It's Miiverse meets PlayStation Home. Except PlayStation Home had better graphics and that came out almost 14 years ago...

[@graceartsy4414]

can happen a lot in the art community as well to make up for the fact that some artists are just terrible and don't want to listen to criticism, "it's just my art style" lol

[@EatMyShortsAU]

Hopefully, my Nvidia 4090TI TUF Extreme OC edition can run those details.

[@cooliostarstache5474]

Outdated graphics like with retro styles video games aren't ugly though. The metaverse is just ugly

[@loganstorm889]

Same. I was about to say it looks like the Xbox 360 avatars which was also 14 years ago. So yea when I first saw Meta ads, I was throughly unimpressed.

[@Antimonium]

Imagine how miserable it is to be an employee working on something destined to fail

[@RmzCrush]

@Funnynamehaha yup

[@Maruhodo]

@Funnynamehaha tbh some people do it not only for the money but for the legacy and personal satisfaction. It’s still a bummer to them.

[@frankcaggiano8282]

@@Maruhodo I mean, if you're proud of polishing a turd, you deserve the turd.

[@jonieryk293]

Employers made a term MMH, which means "make Mark happy" for these metaverse projects. It really shows how out of touch Mark is and what his employees think of him. All in all I'm happy this is happening because i don't want him to make a successful platform again, only to misuse all of our data and then pay a small fine once in a while beacause of it.

[@AeolisticFury]

they can be miserable in their bathtub full of money I guess

[@Savieor]

Games in 2000: We have realistic body’s and backgrounds with a high detail land you will spend hours to Mark in 2022: Man we got legs

[@oldcrook510]

I have always dreamed of living my life with a television on my face and now it's coming true. Thanks Metaverse

[@LouisePlusOne]

Brilliant. lol.

[@Cronically_Online]

Mark has more natural facial expressions in the metaverse than he does irl lol

[@rpcheesman]

Must have hacked his expression sliders to 200%.

[@lukekearney1704]

@Don't Read My Profile Photo l

[@orangudan4011]

The metaverse is based on newer technology so it makes sense

[@khunsunai2551]

@@rpcheesman I GOT TORTURED AND NOW IN MENTAL HOSPITAL

[@khunsunai2551]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@jonallen5808]

This is what you get when you have someone so socially awkward running a social media company.

[@hahayes8649]

why does mark look more human in the metaverse than in real life

[@monodragon]

@Yoto Kami new world record for youtube replies becoming offensive

[@tiagobelo4965]

@@monodragon i gotta admit, it was a flawless run, it'll stand for a long while

[@fatbgmanbg975]

@@tiagobelo4965 I don't know about dat my brother! They didn't put up the dead person glitch 🤔 😕

[@Rebazar]

Decades worth of manpower and human sacrifices to make the impossible possible

[@hugar3499]

@Yoto Kami We're not in Imperial Japan anymore, you don't have to agree with the nazis

[@rusticgiraffe4262]

Legs have been around for hundreds of millions of years and Mark Zuckerberg only just figured out how to invent them. Some genius.

[@austinchicoine1310]

omg when you mentioned the Wii Universe i had nostalgic flashbacks

[@illford6921]

You mean Miiverse?

[@hoo7797]

Using the avatar in a Zoom call is the virtual equivalent of hiding under your desk and communicating through a sock puppet.

[@AmandaHugandKiss411]

Classic 🤣🤣🤣

[@fecardona]

It’s so out of touch, that it deserves to crash and burn billions of shareholder value

[@raaspider]

Best comment

[@K1RTB]

A sock puppet is more in sync with the voice and more emotive.

[@ReneVaeli]

Good example of how bullshit todays bullshit jobs have become

[@wreckedbydemonz5799]

I'm convinced metaverse is actually just a pov of how Mark actually sees the world,

[@TarotTarot1]

He needs a vacation…..a long one.

[@NovaMaster375]

@@TarotTarot1 Veeeeeery long

[@aeong_bread]

LMFAO y'all killing me with these comments about zucc

[@Dockhead]

we need to start looking at what silicon valleys intentions are. if they are breeding business and pursuits like this that is so out of touch.

[@evolicious]

@@TarotTarot1 preferable behind bars, and taking about the one that serves you a drink only twice a day.

[@christinasmellman5078]

"the only thing sadder than the meta verse is the ending to marley and me" 😭😭😭

[@doalwa]

Man, what a time to be alive. Between watching this whole Metaverse train wreck unfolding and watching Elon Musk bankrupt himself by buying Twitter, those past few months almost feel like some kind of cosmic redemption arc of the world against the tech bros of yesteryear. Keep that shit going 😂🎉

[@mish375]

What a time to be alive. Both Mark and Elon are in a race to the bottom and I never thought I'd see the day.

[@RainboVV3gas]

Elon bankrupt himself? Lool you're the one living in the alternate reality

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

Man it feels like two autistic adults bouncing ideas off eachother. It feels like semi autistic Elon and semi autistic Zuckerberg are like, "lets spend millions of dollars inventing a device that makes it easier to eat your food." Feels like everyone is screaming at them, "its called utensils and its already a thing you autistic mother fuckers."

[@Walker_FIN]

It's odd seeing Charlie being reclined, facing his entire body to the camera.

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596]

DONT READ MY USERNAME

[@GriffinZambia]

*Dont_Read_My_Name!!*

[@GriffinZambia]

*Dont_Read_My_Name!!*

[@chestnuut2364]

thats exactly what i was thinking 😂

[@freedomflight.]

@@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596 trust me no one will

[@ADHD_God5489]

Is it just me, or do I find Mark more human in the metaverse than his real life self.

[@Crazed3raser337]

His avatar face is actually animated

[@HanziePandsy]

So true. But, his real self isn't human. He invented the meta verse so he could finaly be surrounded by familiar robot/lizard/human hybrid entities. Zuc will never be able to go home, not since his ufo crash. But it melts my heart to see him beginning to be comfortable and socializing with the Earths native inteligent life forms🥺🥺🥺

[@tatiana4050]

@@HanziePandsy and metaverse allows those of his brethern who don't pass as well as he does (which is really a low bar) to interact with humans and socialise.

[@dandellar200]

It might be because he have legs

[@beyblade600]

Thats why he be building it

[@nickbryantfyi]

This reminds me of when i was working for a dying company and couldnt believe in it but had to go thru the motions. I wonder how many meta employees are just hoping to god their 1m comp packages dont disappear

[@Poenitus92]

I like how animating facial expressions onto a digital avatar provided a more expressive mark zuckerberg than reality ever did

[@BlitzMedia1216]

Mark seems like the guy who doesn’t play video games and thinks what he has is groundbreaking

[@RGC_animation]

"Excuse me, could you repeat that? You're saying people these days are doing a Discord? And they're having a Twitch? What is a Steam?"

[@BlitzMedia1216]

@@RGC_animation haha walks into store "I hear kids are really into having Wi-Fi's and I wish to purchase one"

[@ToyotaTacomaOfficial]

@@RGC_animation Steam is a thing that you play games from or something

[@ekris5072]

@@ToyotaTacomaOfficial you have attracted the whooshers, I believe you only have a few hours to live

[@ithink3979]

The entire Meta cast of characters are like politicians who have no clue how the internet works and try to appear tech savvy by being obvious poseurs on social media

[@jedodom3056]

Even a Mii felt more natural than those metaverse avatars. Even during things like Wii Sports Resort, where they removed the arms and just had the hands floating there, that still looked more lifelike than those crappy metaverse things.

[@Chaotic_Overlord]

Simplicity Is Key. Miis didnt try to be realistic and stuff

[@lrizzard]

this is prime example of uncanny valley vs simplified cute blobs

[@michaelcasal3857]

The metaverse originally had just torsos to avoid the gender issue and having skirts vs pants. Also, they didn't want to deal with woke nonsense of progressives playing the victim again. Metaverse chose to go the way of Twitter. Post your pronouns, and play the victim when others don't play by your rules. Imagine wanting to use an avatar with 3 legs just to be a troll. Or wanting to make a bigger bulge like stuff bras. YT, Twitter and Twitch all bent the knee to LGBT. Now metaverse will be forced to follow suit in the name of diversity equity and inclusion. Wait for the furries and weebs (think hentai) etc to want their own individual avatars. Think I'm joking? We went from Pac-Man style emoticons to people both yellow and brown.

[@Chaotic_Overlord]

@@michaelcasal3857 what the actual...

[@kaphizmey6229]

“removed the arms and just had the hands floating there” sounds like rayman

[@Muffincakeswithsugar]

6:57 "CyberCharles in the Metaverse" sounds like a good name for a videogame...or a prog rock band

[@sjmarlowgm]

No doubt Hollywood is even now working on an animated horror movie. A bunch of teenagers are trapped forever in the Metaverse. The movie's byline: "If you don't have legs, guess what else you don't have?"

[@Zonic3451]

A dick?

[@keepitclean8791]

Zuck's meta show was like watching a PS2 game cutscene

[@anujpawar_]

More like PS1 games, PS2 had better graphics lol

[@MosiahWhite]

dont insult the PS2 like that

[@JamesSmith-xk1fb]

Ps2 was king maybe a ds

[@alanrobert3098]

Dude, even Ps1 would be insulted by this. We're looking at the worst level game on Atari, almost. It looks like those awful ripoffs of old kids animated shows...

[@jess_ow0]

@@anujpawar_ exactly

[@LoveHandle4890]

The sad thing is Mark is far more promising as an animated character, then he ever could be in real life.

[@norkshit]

this is the plan

[@gabrielboorom2683]

Just barely IMO. That silent throwing confetti animation says it all. Empty soul-less celebrations of nothing in particular for the sake of justification.

[@spectrecular9721]

IRL didn't pan out, so now we're all cartoon characters

[@dennis_s]

damn. but tru

[@SugarFreeGaming]

Of course because the metaverse is his true form

[@1SmokingLizard]

Lt. Dan has left the Metaverse

[@jgamer2228]

They were 100% reading lines in an audio booth and not talking to each other

[@PlusMeoww]

Oh no doubt about that

[@moose7027]

The audience silently clipping through each other feels like some kind of skit about Metaverse

[@cald1421]

The greatest irony of Facebook is that it was hailed as a way to bring humans together but has totally denigrated human connection since it’s inception

[@alwaysyouramanda]

I quit using Facebook too- whenever I do glance over at it, I think it’s me but it doesn’t happen anywhere else. I feel huge amounts of disdain for anyone I see posting on there.

[@danielmolinar8669]

@@alwaysyouramanda I only use facebook for marketplace to check out cheap sports cars or maybe some game. I honestly don't recall the last time I posted anything on there and I don't plan on doing so

[@tomoakley760]

Tbh I've mostly treated Facebook as a virtual contacts backup, and so it's really had no more effect on me than my phone's default messenger app. Social media only has the power we choose to give it

[@burp2019]

@I don't fist bump people like you. anyone young enough to care about moving somewhere else already moved off facebook years ago, a lot of the current users are just old and starting to die off

[@sirundying]

it was like that in the beginning, like for real. then it turned into what we know today.

[@badledgend1172]

Microsoft is looking at this press event going "did they steal our assets?"

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"That's not even as many students in a full classroom." This is sad for many reasons - not the least off which being that 30 students is waaaaaaaaay too many for a single teacher to work with.

[@Mausso]

We're in a weird age where it feels like all major organizations, in private and public sectors, are laughably out of touch with their target audiences and consumers.

[@stixhoe1336]

HONESTLY its insane car manufacturers videos game developers tech developers even clothing designers are out of touch

[@sayochikun3288]

It works. They profit somehow. And thats why they exists in the first place

[@DrunkenUFOPilot]

Yup. In this age of Data Science and fancy marketing techniques, it is not working.

[@grantdotjpg]

Yet the suckers keep buying shit

[@r4nd0m1zer2]

With gaming, it started in like 2015. With tv series and streaming services it started in 2018. With (American) politics it started in 2019. The whole world in 2020.

[@BigBroccoli_]

As a leg enthusiast, Mark really knows what the people want. Legs.

[@isotatalks]

passed leg day

[@eisgnom7383]

yeah, he knows humans like legs. and air.

[@playlistss4953]

Who knew legs were a privilege in the Metaverse. Mark might as well be flexing to the audience in the background

[@creepgpoop]

as an android, Mark went trough a really hard process, having legs is now a fulfilled dream for him.

[@leonienuhn4571]

legs legs, what's on the menu? legs

[@rokkudayo]

Funniest part is that the entire presentation with the legs is entirely fake, it's all motion capture recorded inside a studio.

[@plokijum]

This feels like a Facebook group of old people conference

[@HyperbolicArachnid]

Charlie sitting facing towards the camera is almost as uncanny as the metaverse characters

[@dankburrito8345]

It's like he's right there in my/his room.

[@AlphonceQ]

It looks as if he's giving a speech to a classroom

[@edwinleskin3112]

Maybe he's just...... ...... .................. ...leveling with us.

[@sirbachelorboredmen1314]

Man just broke realism doing so

[@iller3]

I can't believe they got actual Human-like legs before Charlie did

[@alvybar2990]

Poor Mark was trying so hard to create that “Ready Player One” experience. He should’ve waited at least another ten years.

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596]

DONT READ MY USERNAME

[@yungblattt]

I make entertaining videos as well🙏

[@GriffinZambia]

*Dont_Read_My_Name!*

[@gay4pay882]

@@SongokuJidai redditor detected 🤓

[@AFunkyFella]

@@SongokuJidai problem is, no-one wants to invest in a metaverse where one person, that being zuckerberg, owning everything ofc facebook's stock is plummeting-- other companies want a piece of the pie too, they dont wanna be told what to do by zuck

[@simonabunker]

There are a couple of videos of some Meta research about scanning faces with a phone, that look much, much better. With the Quest Pro they could get much better expression too, but that is a very expensive headset. ChatVR full body tracking needs some pretty expensive hardware too. Keeping it to the Quest 2 limitations and supporting a decent number of users in a space is a pretty big constraint. It would be nice if they released some much nicer rendering - even if you can only have 2-3 users. Of course it still has the problem of not having a good use case - cyberspace sounds cool in books and movies, but the reality is definitely lacking.

[@mommagnent]

Getting fired in the meta verse is the equivalent of being fired over the retail headsets

[@Patterrz]

I'm very proud of Meta finally catching up to the Xbox 360, they might even make a Kinect rip off before they file for bankruptcy!

[@leverage.X]

🤣

[@wrongteous]

Except that the Xbox 360 would explode if it had to run something like Virtual Reality, so I'd say they're pretty caught up with modern day consoles.

[@ForgottenFafnir]

@@wrongteous Well they've finally transitioned from the Wii, so you're sort of correct

[@furkano8574]

@@wrongteous specify modern console

[@dogboi76]

@@wrongteous Yeah right lol Eyetoy probably still more immersive than this crap

[@gamincaimin9954]

Really goes to show how insanely wealthy Zuck is to be able to hold out this long with the metaverse

[@muhhtayoo4892]

he’s trying to buyout all other vr technology so he is the sole supplier (monopoly). he isnt holding out he is going all in. evil rich mofo ruining it for everyone like always.

[@joshuawilliams4314]

Is it surprising They sell all the data of its users plus ads they make a ridiculous amount

[@Soulfin]

*Proceeds to lose 70 billion* welp thats soon to be gone too!

[@Naokarma]

The longer this goes on, the more money he runs out of.

[@zapataboy9377]

@@Naokarma he has so many money he'll never run out of them

[@johnnyissuper6955]

VR mark has more emotion than irl mark 💀💀💀

[@ThtSunbreaker]

Id also like to point out that once again, vr chat also allowed you to use a custom avatar anywhere they arent even revolutionary on their own field

[@FourthDerivative]

"Metaverse Dies Slowly While Everybody Points And Laughs" is hands-down the best comedy of 2022

[@gabrielboorom2683]

🎵 Don't you forget about me...🎵

[@Sakkaz]

The bots are here!

[@kb909]

I remember Netflix on the 360 used to allow you to invite your friends and all your avatars would sit in a little theater and watch Netflix with one person controlling the pause button. That was in 2009.

[@nitwriter4804]

I have never done that personally, so I don't know if that was a feature at the very first launch or not, but if it is, it dates even further back to 2005. Insane to think about, how old that console is already.

[@PhoenixPlayer404]

Wait thats cute asf tho

[@brockcarter8748]

Bro Netflix was a banger back in the day I stg

[@ImScaroused]

Yeah it was called Netflix Party mode or something. Only lasted 2 years even though it was super popular. I miss it

[@justcallmekai1554]

Man I remember those. It was so adorable but all good things come to an end I suppose-

[@ladyibis580]

"Yeah, but why?" is the overarching theme of this video.

[@neodedude6657]

How can something be dead that was never alive.

[@Slithering-Pyro]

Charlie directly facing me as opposed to having his head slightly turned toward me from the side makes me feel like a lesser human being

[@brainwater176]

Why

[@holdenwestley]

this was the first thing i noticed it feels like i’m in trouble

[@muggins2279]

​@@holdenwestley he about to use my full name

[@BOSS7871]

It’s an intimidation technique, and it is working

[@Call_Upon_YAH]

Jesus Christ is the propitiation for the whole world's sins. They that believeth and are baptized (with the Holy Spirit) shall be saved; but they that believeth not shall be damned. Those led by the Holy Spirit do not abide in wickedness. *God is ONE manifesting himself as THREE;* the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Bless him! *For these three are one.* As I am led by the Holy Spirit, nothing I state is a lie, but the truth of God. Anyone who tells you differently is misinformed or a liar. They do not know God, nor led by him. Anyone who *claims* to be a Christian and is against what I am doing, and where I am doing it; the Holy Spirit does not dwell within them, they lack understanding. They know not God, read his word, and their religion is in vain. Do not hear them, they will mislead you, the lost cannot guide the lost.

[@soyboylegends7832]

This is a W for humanity. Good job everyone. We really pulled together for this one.

[@WalterMElon-ts8pc]

We truly saved humanity of becoming a leg-less horrifying 3D dystopia. Well done

[@Mr_Dark_Flames]

W for Humanity

[@kanjurosan9310]

Big W

[@daemonburns-waight2421]

I guess I don't need these dumb old meat-legs anymore!

[@CloudxBoys]

Win* we’re all still gonna lose when the nukes start flying

[@MrMosinNagant1937]

Id do the reel thing once out of curiosity but after that id never use it

[@Tnvrahmed98]

fun fact : Mark and his employee having legs is animation and not actual metaverse footage

[@jackashmore]

“The only thing sadder than the metaverse is marly and me” Hell of a line man

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596]

DONT READ MY USERNAME

[@GriffinZambia]

*Dont_Read_My_Name!!*

[@yungblattt]

I make entertaining videos as well🙏

[@jackashmore]

@@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596 you got me

[@will420high4]

"ohh, my nightmare dog is dead... marley and me" -peter griffin

[@CHloE748]

Knowing that the Metaverse was a bunch of floating torso’s is the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen.. I never knew how bad it was

[@giffica]

Huh? And Minecraft is pixels. What is your point…..

[@appletherapy]

@@giffica Floating toro’s is the biggest slap to the Vr community. Especially in a social based game.

[@giffica]

@@appletherapy How is that a slap to anyone when Pokemon Scarlet and Violet look identical? Animal crossing avatars look significantly worse and that was the hit game of 2020. Really is this some "I only watch irl streamers" subculture or what? Have you heard of Vtubers ir is that a new world? The vast majority of people prefer Jermas content before he showed his face. No one wants to see some dudes face online lmao. Its the internet.

[@ChaoticShinny]

@@giffica what the fuck are you even on about anymore? you keep on throwing in random shit that does not fucking relate to what anyone is saying??

[@otherlego]

@@giffica the whole point is the metaverse is supposed to be real. You can say “animal crossing is worse” but they have legs and feel more expressive than this garbage. Even Minecraft, with only pixels, has multiple layers of customization for the player. (Literally, a top and bottom layer) Metaverse doesn’t matter if it looks crappy

[@IsfetSolaris]

Can something die if it was never alive? It was a pipe dream that couldn't get off the ground.

[@wealth101]

I think it would work well for telesales & customer service training and coaching. Like they could sell this product widescale to companies like Concentrix and Sitel or even Salesforce

[@ARDIZsq]

Zuck: "Our new avatars are so much more expressive!" *Immediately shows the absolute worst lip synching ever*

[@MbitaChizi]

*Dont_Read_My_Name!!* ......v

[@JedDamion]

this is the major problem i have with meta verse, when furries on vrchat have better lipsyncing than meta verse, you know its bad hahahaha

[@thecat3428]

@@JedDamion truw

[@BlinkingEldrichRoses]

Ikr, GTA 5 online had better lip sync on the PS3

[@TogaKai]

@@JedDamion because furries are actually creative with what they do!

[@javabean4383]

When Mark was demonstrating how expressive the models are, he looked like a Foodfight character

[@dfquartzidn6151]

Yet, he still looks more human than in real life, lol.

[@thehermit8618]

Ruthleth

[@andrewjones9547]

im not sure about look but he definitly moved like a foodfight character

[@coolfilms3213]

say my name

[@anifina163]

Oh god I haven’t heard a Foodfight reference in a while, that hit me like a god damn brick

[@CaptainGodzilla]

i'm honestly not surprised about the fact that mark's avatar in the metaverse looks and acts more human than mark himself

[@dbzmaster1213]

Mark: Talks about the avatars being expressive. His avatar: Completely out of sync with his words.

[@jeremycronic]

Lol right? Plus it was pre-rendered. And the legs and arms were motion captured.

[@dryfox11]

Avatars in the background: *lagging all over the place with half life 2 death noises*

[@nymerianan4short314]

Like his face then ...and his personality just totally out of sync with reality.... His avatar looks less like a alien 👽than he does

[@aayush_karna]

but it definitely going somewhere in the future, they showed the prototype of codec avatar in the end, which was quite impressive

[@analogueapples]

It is expressive when you are a cold blooded reptilian or a robot like him

[@BA-lt2tx]

Let's be fair, Mark's Metaverse avatar was excellent. It was just as dead looking as the real life Zuckerberg.

[@sfkapacheoutlaw5348]

Give the Metaverse some credit. Mark looked slightly more human than real life.

[@TrascyJaac]

Ha! Nice one!

[@MouseGoat]

maybe thats his goal, he wants to make everyone else loke as none-human as him

[@valkeyli]

@@sfkapacheoutlaw5348 😅👏

[@djsuswbsb]

On 360 the original Netflix used to let you host lil lobbies with other people that had it and you could watch shows together in a personal movie theatre and you could emote and other dumb shit and that's light years ahead of metaverse. I still don't know why they removed that feature cause it was underrated

[@All_i_want_is_a_slammed_Mk4R32]

i haven’t seen your vids in a while, but yo. your rooms looking cleannnn.

[@HeyitsBri_]

You just know Zuck is watching this while his skin suit is being dry cleaned

[@BattousaiHBr]

imagine for halloween zuck coming online with a lizardman avatar. NOW that'd be pretty meta.

[@ArtistBrianSheffield]

He is wearing his pretend suit like buffalo bill in silence of the lambs.

[@geckokid8265]

@@BattousaiHBr or going out without his skin suit

[@Jesus_Wojak]

I moisturizes it in Goatblood and childtears. I bet he drinks a galon of horseseamen to start the day.

[@huntaaa4]

i'm drunk i pictured thus

[@CertifiedNEETClassic]

"They're so much more expressive and detailed than anything else today." Maybe if "today" was 2003, Mark.

[@burp2019]

second life came out in 2003, so even 20 years ago it wouldn't have been very impressive

[@CertifiedNEETClassic]

@@burp2019 Well, he might have had a good few months before Second Life blew it out of the water. 😆

[@burp2019]

@@CertifiedNEETClassic if it had the same launch date, it'd still be too late, launching about 4 months after second life

[@cowcatcherstudios5759]

Dude Half Life 2 came out in 2004, and it still looks good even today.

[@TheBlueCreeper-]

That little curl in the earphone cord is bothering me so much lol.

[@andrewsrandomgaming926]

Mark will definitely turn the metaverse into a home for lizards

[@MbitaChizi]

*Dont_Read_My_Name!!*

[@yungblattt]

I make entertaining videos as well🙏

[@DaddyDellConagher]

Thats his master plan all along

[@TropicalCyc]

They only allow human avatars though lol

[@avery6049]

Fr

[@sarahknight6627]

Mark Zuckerburg low-key sees himself as a king in the metaverse expecting his meta subjects to be impressed with this virtual land he's created.

[@aP-sigh]

The meta-king in his meta-land with his meta-subjects giving Metaverse all the secrets of their meta-minds while the meta-subjects hold meta-festivals and sing meta-songs on the greatness that is Meta while dissidents are severed from their meta-feed Awesome!

[@DanielArgh]

I wonder how he’ll react when it fucking fails.

[@DarkDoughnutsVids]

He's the youngest person to ever become a billionaire and was known to be a self conscious and socially awkward guy back in college. He's probably been totally consumed by all the yes-men and fake simps in his inner circle who secretly want his money

[@vgaportauthority9932]

@@DanielArgh Horizon has already failed. Zuck (and the rest of the world it seems) believes that Meta's metaverse is "the metaverse" which it obviously is not. It's _one of the metaverses_ and it's easily the worst one. It's also the one that develops the slowest because Mark doesn't want muggles to sully his pristine virtual realm... Rec-Room is another metaverse, and it has literally millions of users. VR Chat is another, and it's also fairly popular. Only reason there's anyone in Meta's Horizon is that it comes with the device (although only in NA), and because old people are there to talk about sirius stuff. There aren't any kids in there because the kids know better, so the adults get to be alone... In the shittiest metaverse around.

[@jingbot1071]

@@DanielArgh Hopefully drastically, and with a focus on self-harm.

[@tungsteno8725]

The funny part is the 'VR" profuctor sell they "VR (meta version)" with overprice...

[@melisboekje3836]

Imagine a dictatorship where everyone is sucked in VR where the dictator can steal hour legs whenever he wants to.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

If the metaverse is the future, then I have never been so grateful for the gift of mortality.

[@ShazzledWolf32]

Indeed

[@vindicatelol]

you are immortal, just your meat prison isn't

[@ShazzledWolf32]

@@vindicatelol amen

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

@@vindicatelol Ew.

[@gabrielsiqueira5599]

Mark himself will upload your soul in the metaverse to live for eternity in a man-made hell

[@RiderZer0]

The fact that they have spent millions of not billions on this project, but have a worse product than what any indie studio makes is baffling. It’s like people all over this project are just pocketing all the money and screwing over meta. It’s amazing

[@jwall0]

$10 billion to be exact

[@__lasevix_]

@@jwall0 hell nah that can't be real I refuse to believe they actually spent over $10 on the shit they took

[@princessaria]

They’ve spent more than $15 billion dollars, according to Business Insider.

[@bhante1345]

@@princessariayou mean they washed $15 million, has to be a laundering front. It doesn't make sense.

[@24hr-Gaming]

The reality of it is likely people pointed out it was stupid, were either ignored or silenced while the managers and suits spin wheels to make the higher ups look like they're producing something of value and when it comes out that it's garbage they take it out on the workers. Ideas rarely come from the people working on it because if you have an idea you're expected to just kind of spin it from the air and demo it on top of keeping with all the regular stuff management wants you to do. And you're usually not rewarded for it. If your idea is good they just steal it and it's not like you'll get rewarded for coming up with something good. So a lot of people will just go with whatever stupid stuff management wants and when they realize it's 100% going to be a garbage fire they are already applying for transfer or new job. A lot of that money was also probably not even spent on development, but instead on marketing the idea to investors.

[@Qrwa12323]

Disclaimer: Mark was not even doing this presentation live, it was pre- recorded mocap so even the leg stuff is fake

[@Ajlez]

I don't even understand where you go to use the "metaverse" nor was I even really aware it was available.

[@lampini]

The metaverse continues to feel like what a tone deaf and outdated AI would think humans would like in a virtual world.

[@CassiniProjekt]

More like a bunch of tone deaf corporate executives and HR types. Even outdated AIs have more charm and imagination than this.

[@mad_elf]

it's nice to see Charlie branch out and try sitting at a different angle.

[@Mario-us7ds]

so that's what felt different about him. he seemed "off" but I couldn't tell why. lol

[@JakeInaitor5000]

That's how bothered he is

[@okaytyler2774]

He looks like he's about to fire me from my desk job with that sitting stance

[@mad_elf]

@@okaytyler2774 shit, goodluck.

[@senormarston]

The best part of that video is that the animation and avatar was made exclusively for this "update"

[@KoiBoi554]

"The only thing sadder than the Metaverse is the ending to Marley & Me," has got to be among the funniest things charlie has ever said.

[@Dark-Fenrir_65]

Specially because that movie sucked, I was glad when the dumb dog died.

[@failtolawl]

is it though?

[@Brindlebrother]

man knows how to use pop culture to pull on our heartstrings

[@totallytravicious5919]

@m I have it on good authority that at least 529 people would say it's at least up there

[@kawasaki_voyagur1700]

The metaverse is really sad tho

[@shazza9678]

Whenever i get worried about technology taking over, I just watch this and know we're a long while away.

[@solluxcaptor6823]

Don’t fret, the planet won’t survive long enough for us to have to worry about technology taking over.

[@notsocommie]

Nah, it's just facebook(meta, like anyone calls it that) taking some massive Ls. The technology for an actual meta-verse is there, but these guys don't have a clue as to how to implement it. It's a lot more likely that a video game company, like steam, will be more successful.

[@iLLya_]

Go watch AI deepfakes of Tom cruise

[@PoorEdward]

@Kavetion how old ru

[@ashwolf2006]

@@PoorEdward dont bother with that Shit head, instead report him for spamming and then report his channel for violations.

[@Vesper_Crusader]

On the Quest 2 my home avatar still doesn't have legs lmao

[@analmilkshake_]

“Huffing copium” never heard that one before that’s great lmao

[@bismarkboi096]

If Charlie is directly facing the camera, you know this is serious

[@jacobhavelin812]

👁️👄👁️

[@bismarkboi096]

@Kavetion no you are not

[@sparkbagsmom4297]

@@bismarkboi096 bro what did you do to attract the attention of every bot account on the site?

[@michaelsemon4741]

I was visibly shook 😂 the arm on the table and everything

[@jsalsman]

Mind. Blown.

[@thiccboi8899]

Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly telling people that more features will be added to the Metaverse is the real life equivalent of that episode of South Park where George R. R. Martin keeps telling the kids that the pizzas are on their way so he could talk more about his wiener.

[@TheNerevahkiin]

I love that analogy

[@isitjustmeor9647]

Holy hell. Brilliant.

[@braizerdragon8090]

So he went to the store to go buy some milk after that failed then you never saw him again.

[@commandercaptain4664]

"IGNORE." -- South Park TRON avatar 😁 We live in a beta test society.

[@WoundPxnetration]

HOLY SHIT THATS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING

[@gazwilliams-nc7jp]

Never thought I'd hear a sales pitch like "Were hoping to bring legs into more and more experiences over time"