Metaverse Is Dead

[@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:

[@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

[@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.

[@CrèmeTropBrûlée]

Lol for real?

[@maeezkhalifa9769]

@@CrèmeTropBrûlée 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

[@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

[@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.*

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@ScarWasNotThere4839]

And more lively and enthusiastic than in real life

[@GriffinZambia]

*Dont_Read_My_Name!!*

[@therealthermic]

bruh i was thinkin the same thing

[@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*

[@gaebolglancer]

@@keepitclean8791 chinese man sigma dance

[@dipanjanghosal1662]

lmao

[@chinesemassproduction]

real lol here

[@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

[@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?

[@freshgreenjello6431]

Most people can't afford a $600 emergencey. You are wildly out of touch. Also I can guarantee that you got your job through mummy and daddy's connections, are straight up lying or unbelievably you're an 18 year old incredibly lucky prodigy. Either way you are the exception, not the rule.

[@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

[@BornInPhillyPA]

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]

@@BornInPhillyPA what the actual...

[@kaphizmey6229]

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

[@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.

[@BusinessSkrub]

@@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

[@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

[@BurgundyBrundley]

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

[@BurgundyBrundley]

@@Aredel both variables seem possible

[@Shonda72]

​@@BurgundyBrundley why not both?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@devfrancis7666]

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

[@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!

[@a_spiteful_clovr]

🤣

[@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

[@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.

[@sqlevolicious]

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

[@moose7027]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@thymecrafter]

HOW DARE YOU! gta looks way better

[@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

[@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-

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@__lasevix_]

@Bhante laundering is bringing in illicit money, what's going on there is probably the opposite, execs lining their pockets with unaccounted for funds

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@yungzyonTV]

I make entertaining videos as well🙏

[@GriffinZambia]

*Dont_Read_My_Name!*

[@BelchingBeaver69]

@@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@HyperbolicArachnid]

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

[@DankBirdGang52]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@austinchicoine1310]

omg when you mentioned the Wii Universe i had nostalgic flashbacks

[@illford]

You mean Miiverse?

[@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

[@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!!*

[@yungzyonTV]

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

[@rusticgiraffe4262]

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

[@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

[@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

[@Carmwah]

@@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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 😅👏

[@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.

[@actual_koi]

"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

[@totallytravicious]

@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

[@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

[@Creepaminer]

What even more ridiculous, is that Mark’s avatar was animated with MOTION CAPTURE. Not at all the tracking technology they developed themselves, because again they keeps saying “this is what’s to come”

[@Ahzealion]

Yeah I was kind of excited for some sort of low cost tracking solution that meta would put out... though they ended up just using some other expensive ass tech instead. Guess the 4 year old vive trackers are still going to be my best friends

[@Contessa6789]

That’s just embarrassing

[@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

[@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.

[@christinasmellman5078]

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

[@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.

[@irfaanfarhat]

When companies like Facebook and Apple lose money, my stone cold heart warms up.

[@topbossgamer15]

Especially when apple does

[@jackalope7372]

Preach

[@topbossgamer15]

@@Gonza-lh2vo or stealing more of our personal data yea no it's a good thing

[@topbossgamer15]

@@Gonza-lh2vo also how tf is marketing good for us?

[@madengineerkyouma]

This whole metaverse thing can be summed up with a quote from Jontron's Flex Tape video: "But why? Why would you do that? Why would you do any of that?"

[@v5k456jh3]

Didn't anyone in the metaverse team tell Zuckerberg about MMORPGs? Games like World of Warcraft and Lineage 2 did a much better job 15 years ago and looked way better. And meta is presenting legs on their characters as a groundbreaking feature in 2022. It's a joke, it has to be.

[@madengineerkyouma]

@@v5k456jh3 The only main difference it that it's supposed to be in VR... but even considering that, VRChat exists.

[@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."

[@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.

[@JEREMAIAHJONES]

the metaverse is for non-humans like mark to coexist together and be happy as a group ❤

[@mukkah]

but actually... 🤔

[@aaronuaconaill5688]

Like the internet?

[@mukkah]

@@aaronuaconaill5688 ye but I don't have to feel like my eyes are being scooped by ice-cream spoons to share this comment with you right now..

[@igorchak48]

You are literally digitally co-existing with other humans here on KZbin, this is no different from Meta.

[@aaronuaconaill5688]

@@mukkah I remember when I was a child hearing older people complaining about their eyes hurting when they first had to start working on computers all day. The technology will improve and people will also get used to it.

[@gendygoblin8391]

“The moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me! So I discarded it for for a Metaverse Avatar.” -Mark Zuckerberg

[@frozengaming398]

zucc is a mekhanite

[@Jokoko2828]

Zucc trying to become a AI god would at least be understandable.

[@BlastedRodent]

“Your kind cling to your flesh as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved. For the metaverse is immortal.”

[@valhallan45]

As soon as Charlie said I realised the weakness of my flesh, I set out to find the first Mechanicus comment.

[@A_Grand_Tough_Guy_in_Miami]

​@Scratcher23 The Chruch of the broken god Precursors: The Mekhanites

[@bobbyawesome101]

the entire idea with the metaverse is to replace yourself with your avatar. the biggest flaw with this idea is why the fuck would people want to look like this

[@Saphfeu]

mark does pull off a pretty good human cosplay in the metaverse

[@theclown6217]

somethin wrong with just callin him 'Mark'.. doesn't sit right, like it's too human

[@Abcs567]

LMAOO

[@SirSketchable]

Maybe he's so hype on using this avatar for zoom calls because it's more humanlike than his real body

[@andrewsrandomgaming926]

Mark will definitely turn the metaverse into a home for lizards

[@MbitaChizi]

*Dont_Read_My_Name!!*

[@DaddyDellConagher]

Thats his master plan all along

[@TropicalCyc]

They only allow human avatars though lol

[@avery6049]

Fr

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5585]

DONT READ MY USERNAME

[@bismarkboi096]

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

[@jacobhavelin812]

👁️👄👁️

[@bismarkboi096]

@Kavetion no you are not

[@XFlame42]

@@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.

[@Semiramis-mf9hz]

Argument, the metaverse is not dead Because that would imply it was ever active in the first place

[@katzenstinken1]

To be honest... The Zuck has more facial expressions and emotions than his real human self. He even appears to be more human than in real life. It was all a plot to make him look more human

[@DankManPlays]

It was motion captured so it probably wasnt even him

[@innocent-_-]

"The Zuck" hahaha bro you almost made me choke on my toothpick

[@Bendilin]

It surprises me to no end that "The Metaverse" has had the most money put into it... and it is to date the single worst looking online experience in video game history.

[@ThereMayBeLions]

​@Mert M Imagine Google riding Stadia as it's wave of the future, putting all money down on it. Literally Facebook's market strategy. Zucc deserves to go bankrupt over this.

[@Raystart]

The leap of faith they took was like Ezio diving at concrete, fun to watch.

[@NexTakenouchi]

One thing for sure, Zuck's avatar is a big improvement on his actual physical presence. So much more life, colour, emotion. And man, that is saying something...

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

I have half a notion that he wants to pour all his resources into this because he realizes this. He probably wishes desperately that everyone would adopt this so that he could live forever as his online persona, where he could be young forever and as life-filled and animated as his Utopia can be imagined. If the Metaverse fails... so does Mark Zuckerberg. I say this with no ill will or humor: I honestly wonder if Mark will be the first billionaire to commit suicide.

[@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?

[@jefferyandbob3137]

I like how every avatar is just the person but in corporate art style

[@p0ggles775]

perfect way to describe it, lmao

[@Bos_Meong]

fuck i hate these souless corporate artstyle so much, and they have audacity to make us look like it.

[@jonallen5808]

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

[@Anna-wo9gb]

As someone who was conducting scholarly research for my master’s degree on the Metaverse and Meta’s attempt at creating a metaverse, Zuckerberg is extremely late to the party on this. Second Life is credited as the first example of an adopted metaverse. Meta has their corny cartoon avatars, but they’re actually working on creating life-like avatars which are very uncanny valley. They look exactly like you but operate similar to a robot because the AI facial recognition to emotions is not advanced enough yet. It’s called Codec Avatars if anyone is interested looking further into it.

[@beelzemobabbity]

Its weird that theyre going more human when that’s literally the worst. Just one look at vr chat, or hell even roblox and youll know that nobody wants to look like themselves, or even be human. Whats the point of making an avatar of yourself when you can be literally anything youve ever wanted to be

[@lipayy9852]

@@beelzemobabbity as many have said, Mark/Meta has literally no idea what people actually want out of this type of project.

[@reinmarvonzweter666]

I guess they're trying to copy the "success" of Second Life 😂

[@justkittensbeingkittens5892]

At least the realistic meta characters will be great bases for horror games!

[@arkayuh41]

More like the party’s been over but Suckerberg still showed up for some reason 💀

[@hihi-og6nm]

Mark's Metaverse Avatar would show more emotion than Mark in a zoom meeting.

[@pvt.prinny759]

I was just about to point that out lol

[@Muffincakeswithsugar]

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

[@derpyfailz572]

I like to imagine Mark actually uses his Metaverse avatar for company meetings.

[@mikadosannoji553]

real life mark is his avatar and metaverse mark is the real one

[@mrbeefy604]

No need to imagine, I 100% believe he does like people believe in God.

[@paulpesci1]

@@mrbeefy604 I concur... Being in a global IT company and seeing what "all hands" meetings are like... This absolutely, 100% for sure happened.

[@000Krim]

That's an upgrade for him

[@redgt827]

thats just for the shareholders those in the inner circle know him as a lizard robot

[@SamiTheAnxiousBean]

gotta love how Meta is literally having a "if our audience doesn't know it/not mainstream to boomers then it doesn't exist" mindset

[@AvelierPlays]

Exactly, its hilarious how people think this is a new and revolutionary idea when Second Life exists and has thrived for almost 20 years now. Doing things better and with legs since 2003! 😂

[@SamiTheAnxiousBean]

@@AvelierPlays actually yeah! Second life used to be mainstream so I'm suprised their audience doesn't remember it

[@abdulhamidozturk]

I remember playing second life when I was like fifth grade age, how do they not remember

[@deadbunnys]

@@AvelierPlays it’s so funny to me that an almost 2 decades old game looks objectively way better than Zuccs billion dollar project lmao

[@PeterFerr]

I'm honestly floored by how amazed they are by legs when full body tracking for VR chat was a thing YEARS ago

[@1SmokingLizard]

Lt. Dan has left the Metaverse

[@krushrpants]

As a millennial, looking back over the different ways I've interacted with IRL friends and online acquaintances, I can safely say the period where everyone was using FB as the communication tool was by far the worst. I feel like I became more disconnected from actual friends, even though in terms of time spent I probably had more time on the platform than any other. I'm happy to see the platform dying to the point where they need to force their version of the metaverse to work, and for some reason it feels incredibly gratifying to see it slow motion fail.

[@Charlie_Xmas]

cheers mate quitting FB was the best decision i've ever done

[@rayfan9876]

Mang, Facebook was heaven compared to Snapvhat and Instagram, are you serious? It's only gotten worse.

[@DeadMau5Bran]

@@rayfan9876 to be fair snapchat was nudes heaven back when i would use it

[@kaiozab4866]

Your comment gives me hope

[@hamsterama]

In my family, nobody's used FB in years, because cell phone technology has improved so much. Now you can take a high quality picture or video with your phone, send a group text, and that media will go out to everyone incredibly fast. Used to be, FB was the best and easiest way to share baby photos or vacation photos or whatever with your family and friends. Now, text messaging is the best way. Which is awesome, because you can keep your private life away from Zuck Boy.

[@angel_existential]

It's hilarious how scared some people were of "the metaverse" because they thought it was the end of society. It took them this long to figure out how to give people legs, I don't think it's gonna last, let alone take over anything. Excellent video! You put a smile on my face on a terrible day.

[@SoreTv]

Wrong. They had legs before but took then away because of “virtual rape” where people did lewd gestures. 😂

[@joshuarubenstein2298]

Vr chat has more of a chance ending society than the metaverse

[@anakinlowground5515]

Dude, it’s already dead. I wish they would stop focusing on this metaverse BS, and just focus on making good VR games.

[@mikadosannoji553]

@@anakinlowground5515 they could just buy VRchat to collect even more data from that fanbase

[@oliverl.1949]

@@anakinlowground5515 And even if (a very big if) they get it working well enough to be able to release it, nobody will use it because a VR headset is too damn expensive.

[@Holyinfern0]

Imagine if Dream did his face reveal and it was his metaverse avatar

[@RGC_animation]

Then all the backlash he would be getting would be deserved.

[@Starlightnova111]

@@RGC_animation It is anyway

[@MasquedMocha]

@@Starlightnova111 why though

[@Starlightnova111]

@@MasquedMocha This is the man who put his childhood emails in a wristband and calls his fans kittens He's said countless controversial things on twitter too but people can't cancel him because.. well, he's dream

[@BAAAAGHGH]

@@Starlightnova111 he called his fans kittens? KILL IT WITH FIRE!

[@c0baltl1ghtn1ng]

I'm a year late, but the funniest part of Metaverse Dying was when Daniel RTGame Streamed himself playing Metaverse the stocks plummeted like 20 or 30 percent *during* his stream. An Irishman killed Metaverse by showing off how bad it was.

[@maggiee639]

It gives me anxiety to think about being a developer for this project

[@wrongteous]

Of course you'd get anxiety working on something like Horizon Worlds but imagine how cool it is to work on something as advanced as Colour pass-through on a VR Headset or a standalone headset which is able to track the movement of legs (something extremely difficult to do as legs are difficult to track properly because of how headset tracking works).

[@robertoromerro]

VR chat is like silliness and some maps with scripted actions. Meta-Verse is like Meh and Glad graphics and then i am not sure what kind of maps. But Chinese people and Russian people and Ukrainian people at least for sure are not very smiling people. Indians i am not sure. So it would be for western europeans who look good or creamy sometimes or with specific styles, and in the Metaverse they would look much less then their real life selves.

[@Sunzen44]

@@wrongteous yes and the video is staged as the animation is captured with motion capture So basically they havent invent shit

[@jakub6800]

@@robertoromerro why the fuck those people would not be smiling mark is that you?

[@robertoromerro]

@@jakub6800 They are rare smilers.

[@naotohex]

The fact that VTubers and VR chat both already have the tech years before Mark and his team is hilarious.

[@oolloolloolloo]

that's what i've been saying! it's literally just like vtubers with 3d models instead of 2d

[@miguelpadeiro762]

@@inactiuveuser69 pngtubers💀💀 KZbinrs have been using images to represent themselves for years and never called themselves pngtubers

[@oolloolloolloo]

@@inactiuveuser69 that's kinda what i said... i just meant that you see vtubers with 2d models more

[@wrongteous]

Except that the tech of these individuals is extremely underdeveloped. In the words of Heisenberg, it's Grade A College Ball Vs the New York Yankees. Meta has developed technology that allows you to perfectly replicate facial expressions into a 3D Virtual Reality environment. VRChat avatars can do a bunch of fake anime shit but they have to do it manually (button pressing/string pulling).

[@miguelpadeiro762]

@@wrongteous Still not becoming Zuckerbergs metaslave

[@girumon_vrc]

As a full scratch 3DCG artist, thats just literally my Base mesh and "Base Texture" stage of the whole workflow, that is achieveable in less than 6 hours of work for most 3D artists who work at the industry regularly.

[@feelthunder123]

Lmao

[@Spookatz.]

Right?!

[@ARCHIVED9610]

Lmaoo

[@chumcity]

bro it'd be insane if someone made a way better version of the metaverse just for fun to prove how bad the metaverse is

[@JJAB91]

@@chumcity Better versions of this concept ALREADY exist and have for almost 20 years.

[@rokkudayo]

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

[@absolutegarbage8790]

Charlie's gonna look real silly when Zuck unzips his suit and reveals we've always been in the metaverse

[@MaxMustermann-hy9in]

The funniest thing about this comment is that I can't actually tell if it's ironic or serious.

[@a_spiteful_clovr]

@@MaxMustermann-hy9in makes sense with the name

[@N1GHTSTRIKER-45]

If you're depressed as hell just remember mark zucchini wasted BILLIONS OF DOLLARS for a dollarstore corpo VRChat Let that sink in.

[@thecloneguyz]

If you don't like Mark Zuckerberg just think he stole the Facebook idea and then somehow thought that his next idea would be just as popular so he should have stolen another idea cuz obviously his ideas are not famous or popular

[@ominousvirus5278]

True

[@n0vast0rm]

And he still has enough money to never have to work another day in his life...was your comment meant to make people more depressed?

[@Rebazar]

And he'll continue to go on wasting billions, as a figurehead of a world of artificial scarcity that grows enough food to feed 10 billion while people starve and die anyway. This is supposed to make me LESS depressed?

[@alexanderglex4600]

lol mark zucchini

[@kinggalactix]

A good lesson: Don't announce projects until you're very close to completion. Make some interesting trailers, and get things done.

[@JojoTheVulture]

Like that one teaser of behemoth that showed absolutely FUCK ALL

[@funnyduck4568]

Metaverse is going to be years until it comes but it was kind of necessary for them to announce it because it will take time to build it

[@ashkebora7262]

"What!? Put in actual work _before_ profiting from something? You're fired!" - every megacorp exec

[@Bighomer5]

That's not how the real world works.

[@kingsleycy3450]

Also, commit to your vision. The no leg thing was definitely an aesthetic choice. The fact they changed course so easily means they have no faith in their own decisions.

[@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.