Zuck Bet His Whole Fortune on the Metaverse. Now, Meta is Failing.

[@Newsthink]

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[@andrewmutavi590]

Depends on the implementation,say create virtual dating platforms,invest in ways of enhancing the experience and most of all make it supper affordable for any average Joe,a virtual life can't be 24/7 but a bit of it can be,get them in,then find interesting ways of retaining them n ways to keep them coming back for more

[@joellontoc3231]

It will be useful on Mars when they realize how much it sucks to live there.

[@vindeshe3564]

Fire all of them snowflakes

[@farhanaf832]

Does anyone know about oculus of meta it is awesome 😎 I have experienced metaverse

[@farhanaf832]

@Myötätuuli etelään feeling dizzinness(travel sickness) while I am doing space walk Feels like doing it in the real world

[@thepeddle]

I think the Pandemic showed people that spending your time in a virtual world void of human contact is not natural and detrimental to people's mental health not the reverse. That's why Meta will fail horribly

[@maxmarx2]

Nah virtual reality just fucking blows and it’s not as natural as real life is. Unless we had some READYPLAYERONE type of tech things would be different

[@rmot2911]

Not really. Too much human contact is also detrimental to people's mental health. How? Humans by Nature Are Toxic, Egoistic, Narcissistic and more where we humans are like our cousins the bonobos, chimpanzees etc. Altruism or kindness only came a bit through self domestication. There are books and videos on this. Everything needs to be in moderation whether human contact or virtual world where virtual world could be for leisure activities or serious productive stuff as it depends on how 1 uses it where if use it as a waste, it's like anywhere else - all depends on the individual. So, too much of anything including virtual or human is detrimental

[@unknownplayer10k]

lol just wait you'll see how wrong you're about this

[@bakaweeb6396]

well meta is future

[@Failed.painter..]

@@maxmarx2 remember the iphone and the appstore in 2010? What about console/ pc gaming? Wont be long till we have unbelievable vr tech just shit rn. Even if we could get unreal5 on vr, the jump would be huge

[@sketchimation_shorts]

Metaverse isn't meant to bring us together. It's meant to make us feel more isolated. That's how he stays in business.

[@jeremiahsmith916]

Same for any “social” media, really. In their promotion they claim to “help you keep in touch with loved ones”, while they’re actually doing the exact opposite: before, you would call your friends and family to know what’s new, but now you have an easy cop-out of just putting a heart emoji on their post and never connecting beyond that. They’re interchanging the meanings of words

[@charliepearce8767]

Sound to me it's a good way to wash money.

[@psyberdelicxp6042]

That and it wants to monetise every aspect of existence

[@daviddavis1655]

Everyone should leave Facebook and just call or text those you care about. Who needed that robot looking Zuckerdemon?

[@l.rongardner2150]

C'mon, the fact that Zuckerberg himself is in the Metaverse should make you feel all warm, fuzzy, and connected.😂

[@peterl708]

Home Depot is a solid company that adds values to people’s lives - No, it is not surprising it is more valuable than Meta

[@King_of_Africa]

That's what I was thinking when they compared it's value to Meta,like huh🤦🏾‍♂️

[@LiterallyCensoredDaily]

Surprising only because of a world where crap is king, making it unexpected when something worthwhile actually succeeds.

[@adoginacowboyhat8196]

Also the lumber area smells AMAZING

[@draco_1876]

Home Depot destroys small businesses

[@LiterallyCensoredDaily]

@@draco_1876 even if it does, it's better than anything that destroys society itself, like most social media. Also, sources or it's bullshit. I have friends who have STARTED a small business with tools from there.

[@SirenaWF1]

Going on a virtual walk in a forest is not my idea of fun. Going on an actual walk in a forest IS fun. The idea of V.R. is nice, but as a very entertainment only concept where you eventually realise that actual reality is nicer and a lot more comfortable. Also, seeing Mark in that really early 2000s video game like simulation was funny. He then probably told his team, Ok, I really need someone to render something super realistic and quick because I just made a global laughing stock of this company.

[@dbzcollector9963]

Depends on if you like going outside in the first place or even have the means to go anywhere other than around the block lol. For example imagine a Everest vr experience while it wouldn’t the same as real life, it would definitely be a hell of a lot cheaper and far more safe than doing it in real life. I know it wouldn’t be the exact same experience but it’s better than nothing to some people. Tho the whole Metaverse thing is just stupid it just looks like they put mods onto Roblox and called it a social app lol

[@ceddavis7441]

wouldn't surprise me. I do enjoy seeing the art work of others, and VR is a neat new vessel for seeing it, though unfortunately for meta, vrchat is just better, in every way.

[@Zero_Ego]

Trusting Meta or Zuck is like trusting Satan to play fair. They want your life, identity, data and lots of your money. I don't know why he didn't just call it Zuckerverse?

[@PublicNuisance2K24]

Suckers verse

[@softwarephil1709]

If I have a Zoom meeting, I can see all of the participants in high resolution. I can judge subtle reactions and sense feelings. Participants relax and look at screens. If I have a Metaverse meeting, I see crude avitars, and participants have to wear uncomfortable and expensive googles. This is insane.

[@kiaranr]

Exactly. Which leads to absolutely insane technical "solutions" like face tracking and photorealistic avatar rendering...just to get close to the quality of a $20 webcam

[@Rondo2ooo]

Not only that. Cisco has these conference rooms where parts of the real tables are extended into screen, which makes it looks great. And it's like 10 years or more old technology. I don't want to watch a Wii avatar from my colleagues. It would rather distract. 😅

[@chrissmit6439]

Besides the crudeness its dumb to think humans will enjoy looking at a graphical image of a person rather than the real person. Like you say, Zoom is much more functional and reliable to see a real person and communicate openly. Computer generated images can be manipulated to achieve many distasteful scenarios. Mark, retire, now that you ran out of other peoples ideas things are going south quick.... that Like button...

[@hermanrogers1325]

Spending money is what they need

[@cafelatte1124]

Zuckerberg apparently thinks VR is mainstream currently. He has so much money so he probably forgot that not everyone can afford VR, let alone being interested enough to use it.

[@The_Penguin_City]

I love to see the end of facebook and the doom of meta.

[@cpK054L]

I'd rather see the silicon valley pay for the last 20 years

[@qstaratma9096]

Yes!

[@SPARTAN.JEROME-092]

There will not be end of facebook, but at least Mark will lost all his fortune, and yeah, Meta’s R.I.P plate

[@nevertrustthegovernment7749]

Likewise

[@jesseclutterbuck6617]

same. let facebook and meta burn

[@WaynesWorldUnlimited]

He could’ve taken all that money and created real meeting places around the world with a Facebook integration system and brought real people together in the real world with cyber Cafes promoting Facebook would’ve been a lot better than wasting it on a digital world which nobody really gives a crap about. He could’ve brought people together in the real world in Nice environments

[@Taikutsuna1]

When your business model is to cut people off from your product by putting them in “Facebook jail” until they realize they don’t need your product… you’re bound to succeed.

[@karylhogan5758]

Correct

[@aaadamt964]

Exactly. I was in Facebook "jail" for a good portion of 2020 and 2021. I'm right leaning but not right wing. I'd occasionally post a funny political meme but mostly got banned for funny memes and comments. 2 different female friends were "jailed" for joking they were going to beat me up. Both are 5' tall and barely 100lbs.

[@gwynt909]

I opted out of all social media and reverted to a face to face contact. Thank you. Fb was a nightmare.

[@eddiecarrascojr]

It's sad to see the massive layoffs. It just shows that shows all the social media apps were very overvalued and now because the economy is slowing down it shows the reality of Meta's position in the world.

[@rmot2911]

Hardly solves any problems. Social Media mostly showed what humans are though too much human contact too also is detrimental to people's mental health. How? Humans by Nature Are Toxic, Egoistic, Narcissistic and more where we humans are like our cousins the bonobos, chimpanzees etc. Altruism or kindness only came a bit through self domestication. There are books and videos on this. Everything needs to be in moderation whether human contact or virtual world where virtual world could be for leisure activities or serious productive stuff as it depends on how 1 uses it where if use it as a waste, it's like anywhere else - all depends on the individual. So, too much of anything including virtual or human is detrimental

[@T.J.Caldwell318]

Its not sad, its what they voted for. Fu*k em all

[@HippasosofMetapontum]

they always were, the real valueable companies like SAP, Volkswagen, Ford, General Electrics, BASF and such are on the other hand undervalued. Microsoft could be crushed in 3years. If one good software company that is valued by other big companies already, and i don't mean Amzon (rediculous) nor Google (data spy) more like Adobe, Intel or such would bring out a real good operating system. SAP would be the best for this, because they are well known for systems that work after 40years straight. Microsoft OffIce would be MacroHard Onfire like the rest of their shitty systems. Iam an IT Administrator and i share tons of unhappy user experiences. In some of the biggest companies. While SAP is more likely to be a financial deal. Macrobug is more likely to be "the only choice"

[@drewh3224]

Not only Meta, entire tech companies will eventually come down to earth.

[@lindseylover8059]

That's what you get for going after free speech.

[@maheshj01]

The scary part of meta is its employees don't believe in the vision they are working for.

[@distordm_nx]

and thats the crux of the problem at hand. You can't bring innovative world shattering tech like that when the employees are just there to collect a check and make the boss happy.

[@davidwright873]

why would anyone CHOOSE to work/live/thrive is a dumb ass environ like METa when they can just go visit a friend?

[@joet7136]

No one does except apparently Zuckerberg.

[@mr.objective6936]

It’s like Morpheus pushing the red pill without ever taking it himself.

[@catgolfer1]

That's what 'cult thinking' is all about: repeating what you don't really believe.😸

[@Ayanda846]

Humans should make sure that they don't let anyone create a reality for them. We are already living ina matrix

[@TheGreatMoonFrog]

Hope Zuck developed his own paradise in the Metaverse, cause he gonna be living in there soon.

[@peterclarke7240]

Difficult to grasp how much of America's homeless problem could have been fixed with the money lizard-boy spent on meta.

[@catgolfer1]

After I saw that promotional video for META, I knew it would be a failure. I couldn't stop rolling my eyes.😸

[@commonsense3921]

People laughed 12 years ago at Bitcoin, Let’s see how your comment and everyone else’s comments age on here.

[@IsMaski]

Meta's vision isn't gonna succeed. The fact that he had to reassure his own investors and the public to trust him shows that this is gonna be a massive fail. Out of all things he could've done, he chose to believe in this pipedream and remains stubborn on making this a reality. I can only see him heading towards bankruptcy at this rate..

[@T.J.Caldwell318]

Hes not as smart as everyone thinks. I mean he stole Facebook idea

[@anthonymoller6141]

And Mark will soon see that when he has no money , his so-called friends , and so- called loyal staff , will mysteriously vanish in a flash. No more money ; no more friends. Is Meta an acid fantasy , Mark ? You know, the type that Silicon Valley is made of ?

[@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070]

@@T.J.Caldwell318 why do people seem to not understand that failing doesn't mean you aren't smart?

[@T.J.Caldwell318]

@@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070 is that what you take from my comment? EVERYONE takes a loss at some point in life, I know this but the guys still a dumbars

[@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070]

@@T.J.Caldwell318 lmao no dumbass has $37b. Just because he's a shitty person like all of them and you don't like him doesn't make him a dumbass. Rather it would make you a dumbass for calling someone a dumbass for nothing other than a personal grudge against him.

[@TheChromePoet]

What's crazy is you can hire a game dev to make something similar for about 100k.

[@markynio]

Some videogames rely on game engines to be created quickier and cheaper. I think Meta teams are doing all from scratch by themselves in order to control everything and not depend on 3rd propietary parties.

[@revenger211]

I'm pretty sure the logistics are far more complicated than that for either you or me to throw smartass claims like you're part of the managerial team

[@DootDootShamoot]

@@markynio Metaverse uses Unreal engine, by Epic

[@Alexander-mk4qf]

less ..vrchat was created just on idea ..and yea dev team is woke too

[@CookyMonzta]

Even crazier is that, by dumping 11,000 of his staff, at that salary he would only be saving himself a measly $110 _million,_ compared to the ridiculous _billions_ he's flushing down the toilet trying to be the first to create a _Ready Player One_ style virtual _cosmos._ He will fail. He will not be the one, because he let his hands get dirty and bloody by allowing his company and his platform to sink into a cesspool of disinformation that may be, in part, responsible for some of the millions of COVID dead, and the dark direction this world is headed. It should be no surprise that Facebook/Meta is on its way to becoming the next MySpace. Let's hope, THIS time, his wild quest to create the OASIS put his company and his reputation _way_ past the point of no return. It has happened before with other companies.

[@brysonmjenkins9295]

That random. Razor ad was weird..

[@smilebot484]

big tech is usually the worst at predicting the next hotest thing. but i guess they're sitting on piles of money. they have to burn it one way or another

[@desimo147]

People are not going to wear headsets for hours on end, which is what he needs for this to work. They might put them on for short periods of time for a meeting or for gaming. But, nobody is going to live in the metaverse for hours every day. Not unless there is a way to do it that involves something as light as a pair of sunglasses.

[@BlackPearlMusicVideos]

I respectfully disagree. The govt got the sheep to wear face masks all day long. And they willingly complied.

[@thefreemonk6938]

@@BlackPearlMusicVideos He don't impose that kind of obligation. If product is bad, people will flee away

[@Ghost-jq2bg]

They need in the form of sunglasses

[@dbzcollector9963]

@@BlackPearlMusicVideos your comparing a light paper face mask to a bulky and heavy vr headset? Did masks bother you that much? Lol it really wasn’t that bad and tbh I prefer wearing a mask that way I don’t have to breath the same air as you troglodytes. 😂😂 the only people that really seem to have had a problem with face masks were the people that could finally smell their own breath and immediately blamed the mask😂 it’s like Fluffy said “the mask doesn’t smell, that’s all you. Your smelling what we’ve all been smelling and trying to avoid all these years.” 😂😂

[@danitho]

@Ghost protocol Well, in order to get into 99% of buildings, you had to wear a mask. I would say that's enforceable. Almost anything is enforceable under the right circumstances.

[@Wintermute01001]

The problem with Metaverse is that it takes away everything I like about virtual meetings. I don't have to worry about facial expression, gestures, or body language.

[@jaylee8142]

Wow you care that much about facial expressions and what not. Sounds like you belong in a mental hospital. Think about that. Get help weirdo

[@cheeneep]

If only Meta used that money to make practical wearables like AR glasses that is open source many would jump in to their vision.

[@lenny8511]

They are working on AR tech

[@cbonk2]

They are working on that...Do you think tech like that happens overnight?

[@MrMiyagi005]

Ignorant of you to think they are not working on it. That is the whole goal of his. To make everyone wear these glasses and go on with your daily life as you do with your phone now.

[@cheeneep]

@@MrMiyagi005 But clearly it wasn't their main priority. Who knows, maybe we'll see AR glasses in 2024 if they shift their focus.

[@ujayet]

Google glass had to be banned...you know why?. People going to beaches taking pictures of women without permission..if AR glass is available,, people will misused it also.

[@PeopleLoveShorts]

His prime motivation behind so called metaverse is pure greed. God is mad. What was given can be taken just like that. Amen

[@nasis18]

People go into the virtual world to escape the real world. People don't want to go into the virtual world, and do the same shit they do in the real life.

[@snuffeldjuret]

What I would want from Meta is not a cartoon world, but e.g. a beautiful Roman world, or Aztec, or neolithic or whatever. Basically anything I can't experience IRL.

[@toututu2993]

People said 3d glasses is the future, cloud gaming is the future, flying car is the future. Both of which failed every time. Where are they now for being completely quiet???? Pepple said Apex Legend is dead and it became the most played. People said VR is dead and the Quest 2 out sold Xbox series X within 2 years

[@p10rambo]

@@toututu2993 shut up man nobody cares about these stupid games

[@jonh387]

With so much money invested. They should have made something everybody could love. But it looks like something anybody could have made for 10 dollars.

[@paulking5199]

See: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYakg5qlmKhofLc It's not a cartoon world, but there has been a tonne of progress. It's not so simple.

[@sheldonkerr]

What I would like from Meta is its demise so people can live in the real world again. Social media has created a generation of anxiety ridden narcissists.

[@dcle944]

What real life problems does the Metaverse try to solve?

[@TerrilynndeGuitar]

It solves “I want to dress like Iron Man at work”.

[@jeremiahsmith916]

@@TerrilynndeGuitar I guess this is what happens when companies give a chance to people who still haven’t mentally grown up. They start forcing impractical childish things instead of giving the resources to “boring” mature projects

[@jamiebraswell5520]

@@jeremiahsmith916 most of social media is about impractical immature things. Even the internet itself initially seemed like a wonderful tool of education and information but instead became an endless landscape of trash and misinformation campaigns. Sorry to burst your bubble, but this technology will always fall victim to this sort of thing because, in the end, it is nothing more than a tool to be used to soften people's minds and control them. Your wonderful world of mature projects will always be hijacked no matter what form it takes, for entertainment is where the money really is and there are far too many weak-minded zombies out there just waiting to be led around by their noses. Wholesome, beneficial ideas ideas will always suffer at the hands of the wealthy who seek to get the most bang for their buck.

[@dtsh4451]

“Facebook hasn’t put its nose in everybody’s pants yet”

[@Beaconwarriorsaint921]

Layoffs are key to building stress levels for the masses to boil over and explode on each other. Understand how common we are and focus on those creating our problems

[@CleoPhoenixRT]

The type of people that use VR headsets aren't the type of people that stay on Facebook a lot, and the type of people that stay on Facebook barely know how to send an email so I don't know what dimension of reality he pulled that silliness from.

[@sarutc47]

I think the problem with Metaverse is that the enabling technology is just not there yet. It’s still a bandwidth problem to seamlessly integrate the human experience with the digital world; to make virtual reality as close to the real world as much as possible. Until we have a technology that improves the bandwidth like Neuralink is aiming to be in the future, the metaverse will not be widely adopted.

[@ricardokowalski1579]

the problem with the Metaverse is that you still need to eat, defecate and sleep in the real world. Look at Maslow's pyramid. The Metaverse lacks the first level. You cannot build above a missing ground floor.

[@IsMaski]

@@ricardokowalski1579 Never thought I would see someone relate this with Maslow's hierarchy of needs but you are absolutely right on that. Meta's vision isn't gonna succeed. Mark is probably gonna go bankrupt at this rate

[@ricardokowalski1579]

@@IsMaski 👍

[@roboticski]

@@ricardokowalski1579 The problem is more like you are in the real world but acting in VR, you need to move your head in the real world for your Avatar to do the same. And you end uo bumping into things in the real world. It will never replace the real world but the experience will be better if for example it uses neuralink to estimate the thought of the player eg movement to the Avatar motion but we are decades away.

[@Hilman_Faiz]

Actually, network speed and bandwith is not an issue. In any decent multiplayer video games, no image/3D object related data is exchanged via network, only text based data like player id, skins used, location, and movement. Optimized MMO only use around 100 KB/s, which is nothing for a 4G network The real problem with Meta is no sane man wants to use VR headset 8 hours every day

[@CrippleX89]

I sincerly hope that this marks the end of the entire company - Meta.Sure, tough break for all those employed by it but it's probably for the better. Companies like this, products like this should not exist and it's all driven by speculation anyway! It's all based on how much money can advertisers _potentially_ make. That number is spiraling downwards because the young generation is walking away from it: they've realized that Facebook is outdated and full of ads anyway, there's hardly any *fun* content because TikTok is the place to be now. Facebook, to me, represents nothing but ruined parties and social gatherings because so many people were stuck with their noses in Facebook all the time so I don't wish the company well. I don't wish "social" media well at all for that matter. You can hardly blame the users though, "social" media works like a drug but it's too late before you realize it.

[@mango-strawberry]

When you lose your job then we'll know

[@T.J.Caldwell318]

I hope they all get fired and never find another job and lose everything

[@aniketrai2767]

U non sense kid,

[@andreungerer3531]

They are all a load of shit. Tiktok top of the list.

[@joet7136]

Tiktok is just as disgusting and worthless.

[@iARIRO]

That was probably the best transition to a shaving ad I have ever seen. Pure genius.

[@SogDough]

As an Unreal Engine 3d artist i knew this would fail

[@sanderdeboer6034]

10 billion to create a low quality 3D environment ‘game’? While AAA games on average require 80 MILLION dollars to produce. Fortnite is supposed to have cost around one million to produce, using the unreal tournament environment. I understand some of the development costs will have gone to the VR hardware, however again this should not have cost billions. And if you see what the VR can do it is laughable. The graphics are Wii console like, and without legs the avatars look silly. Too be fair, the software to create a lifelike avatar using your smartphone is cool. But again that should not have cost billions. I truly would like to know what it was that was so expensive. And this was not just 10 billion in total but just one year of spending. INSANE! In Fortnite you have a party island where you can meet people and interact with them. Do games or even dance at the amazing DJ performances. Something like that but than with an office environment should have been able to be made with just a few million. They should have started with that, and go from there. If there is any demand, the people will start using it, and you can improve the quality and features. This is just a large money pit with no real results.

[@psp785]

They had way too many employees anyways

[@haruspex1-50]

Never been a fan of Zuckerberg. Feel sorry for all the people that will be laid off though

[@T.J.Caldwell318]

Fu*k em this is what they voted for. They'll be alright

[@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070]

why?

[@randomtimessomehow]

I think the main problem is that the metaverse is still something mystical in the people's minds... I never used it, I don't know if it already exists, I don't know almost nothing about the metaverse. I think this is the point where Mark Zuckerberg is failing - the education about the metaverse, how it functions, how I could possibly join the metaverse etc. I know I could get all this information when I would google it, but it shouldn't be that way if they truly want to be successful with the metaverse

[@codediporpal]

Meta employees are VERY familiar with it and even they don't like it.

[@Rondo2ooo]

Its not mystical. There was Second Life like 15 years ago. Same quality. People where curious for some months. Do you think that most people want that clunky device on their heads for hours? I don't think so. I am fighting down my YT time, because 1 hour a day is already too much waste.

[@peterkonow4321]

@@jeffmccloud905 and... what will humanity need those VR/AR "worlds" for, practically speaking? For better understanding, check out the GPT3 AI. Such a tech wonder! It can talk like a human, it can discuss wide range of topics, it can draw beautifull pictures, but... it's still mostly useless software that really hard to monetize. The same problem is here. Meta tries to build a virtual world and fullfill it with virtual life, but ignores the fact that it doesn't solve any of real life problems. It's still mostly about entertainment. And, quite average. I see Meta struggle, looking for reasons for Metaverse to exist and to spend billions on it, but as they fail to do so, it becomes clear they intend to take our reality away and put us in a fake one where they will have full overall control of everything we interact with. Imagine a digital Zoo for humans spieces that are hopelessly emotionally and physically unfit for our tough world and can only survive in a soft virtual version of it. That's we in our future Metaverse. The deep and dark Zuck's motive is a control. And primitive 'God' complex. He almost doesn't care about the money as long as he thinks he can achieve his goal.

[@peterkonow4321]

@@jeffmccloud905 I'm kinda sofware developer myself, but what does it matter what we know about writing programs when we discuss selling programs? The quiestions are simple: (1) how can Metaverse sell itself to the masses? (2) Why would people need this product in their life? (3) What real problems does it solve? From my personal painfull experience I've learned that some things people engineer and create (sucrificing years of life) are just NOT meant to survive on the Market. It's very sad to see the denial behind effort and wasted years when people don't understand the basic reasons why Market rejects their project. And we both can agree the Market is against Metaverse idea rn and... Zuck is in denial, don't we? But, does he understand the reasons? Imo, Metaverse can exist mostly as an entertainment environment with new type of gaming and social experience. Not the best or worse, just different one. It may include some usefull features and tools for office work, but those will be less practical and effective than the conventional ones bcz If Metaverse is desinged for maximum emotional immersion it may be less practial for work If we compare headset to a monitor. It looks lke the very idea of Metaverse is flawed. I suppouse Mark's concept based on sci-fy books and movies (like Matrix) and he wants to make EVERYTHING virtual, but what's the point? His point is obvious - make money selling virtual stuff, but why will we need his virtual stuff? People love to escape reality sometimes, but they also want to come back to it. People with sober mind will always question practical value of virtual things they suppoused to pay for. Will Zack succeed selling them some digital emptiness? I think Zack's Metaverse is too inclusive and therefore pointless. That's why the Market rejects it.

[@Rob0865]

I'm glad it's failing because none of the masses were asking for it in the first place! 😳

[@henryaung7229]

To put the atrocious spending into perspective, it's important to remember that what he's failing at making is essentially a VR MMO. Successful MMO's like FFIV that have replicated real life activities and economies were made with budgets of 40million. He's spent 10 Billion on this and this is the result. Call it Metaverse and what not but it is in all ways just an online game focused on isolating people.

[@BlastFXTrading]

From Zuck's latest interviews, one can literally see Fear and Panic in his eyes and body language... poor guy's scared as hell... Hopefully the Metaverse fails.

[@KaiserShield]

Why also? We gain nothing from its failure.

[@huckleberryfinn338]

Zuck probably gets wasted on weed and then thinks. He looks really, really stupid for this.

[@miguelpereira9859]

@@KaiserShield We gain satisfaction

[@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070]

@@KaiserShield we lose a ton if it succeeds.

[@cpK054L]

@@KaiserShield it wiped out 750b from the M1, if it fails totally, that's 1 trillion if delisted. so it'll fix 1% of the inflation 🤣

[@mikesercanto9149]

Mark Zuckerberg should enter his virtual reality Metaverse as a shapeshifting alien lizard!

[@johnblaze8774]

Always baffles me how a company can fire 10,000 staff and still function. Probably didn't need those people in the first place.

[@AdrianMulligan]

They're cobwebs on your ceiling corner...useless and annoying!

[@JKMT]

There is always people there just for communication purpose but not actually doing any thing

[@unknown-hb2to]

It’s because business is slow.

[@vibovitold]

in every tech giant there's a huge caste of people doing essentially nothing. all types of "productivity wizards" (that proliferate in big corporations) are usuallly the least productive of all, however they're in charge of analyzing the landscape, so this conclusion is unlikely to appear in the analysis ; ).

[@David-tz7jn]

11k diversity hires, wow.

[@metazare]

When you consider that he stole the idea for facebook from someone else, you realize that this stupid meta is the only idea of his own he's ever had. He is not a smart person.

[@LouLikestowatch]

I no longer use Facebook. I've never even heard of this meta. I'm not interested in social media anymore.

[@StraightcheD]

It is said that being too ahead of your time is equivalent to being wrong. Meta might just be one of those cases.

[@MrMiyagi005]

AR is really going to be the future. And he just want to grab the largest piece of the pie before everyone else jumps in to make some money off of it. He wants to be Apple but for AR VR tech.

[@StraightcheD]

@@MrMiyagi005 I think so too. But that was a part of my point, at least in the context of Meta; he got the direction right, but possibly the timing wrong. Hence the aforementioned saying in the investment world.

[@YeneSpace]

Such an insightful comment! Yes! Being ahead is good but when you are way ahead of everyone you’ll be the rat to test out everything, surely who ever gets to build the virtual world AR/VR will get back to Meta’s trails and errors. Being a head too much might be the same as being late.

[@enigmalfidelity]

Its not that he is ahead. He is going down a path we dont want to go. Did You know the BOOK "Ready Player One" is from 1987? People have seen this route for decades. This is nothing new. VR worlds have been discussed for a long time, yet the uncanny nature of the experience forces us to disassociate.

[@enigmalfidelity]

More or less, Mark is behind, and attemptig to innovate something already done. Nothing new. With the knowledge that our data is being sold, the meta experience is nothing more than you becoming a focal point to an agolrythyms creation. Meta failed HARD

[@evtyler]

Facebook (or whatever they change their name to) is not a company I would ever again trust with my data…no matter how appealing the product they use to steal it looks.

[@Tasty_sand]

What about Google, Eric? Why are you even using your real name?

[@sidharthchand8072]

Well then don’t have a Social Security number either or by anything on credit because Experian leaked 300 million Social Security numbers on the dark web.

[@dudedude365]

@@Tasty_sand TikTok and Facebook takes data and spy Google and yt are not like that

[@asoka7752]

@@Tasty_sand He is probably a liberal who still hates fb because they believe fb helped trump to win.

[@WTFMannyxFTW]

I tried to mention this before - VRchat is just like what Meta is, and it's been around for awhile. If he did any amount of research, he'd know it exist and it is a niche community. I know it exists, we just don't want to use it. Meta is the same, but worse.

[@Rahul-ey1oq]

Facebook has outlived its usefulness. That's all.

[@adamb89]

This actually is largely John Carmack's idea. Back in the 90's Carmack had this idea of a metaverse, which would act as a shared virtual framework that developers could build in. As a really simplistic idea, imagine a virtual theme park. You you could go from playing Doom, to walking around a virtual lobby chatting with other players in a totally non-combat environment. Then transition to a virtual comedy club, watch a movie in a VR theater, all without leaving your desk. The other folks at id software were like "Yeah no let's focus on making games..." and he was outvoted. When Carmack joined Oculus, he saw the chance to revive his dream, and it was not all that difficult to convince Zuck that Facebook and this Metaverse could be combined. And he's absolutely right--they can be combined, and technologically speaking it works perfectly. The problem is that the idea fundamentally sucked. Because people play games to ESCAPE the world. The whole concept of a shared metaverse linking all the games together into one virtual reality is just not a good one. It'd be like someone going "Hey I like tuna, and I like ice cream. Let's make tuna ice cream."

[@One.Zero.One101]

Agreed. Like I said in another comment, Meta likes to pretend this is a new idea but actually this is a very old idea. It's basically just an avatar chatroom and I've seen something like this way back in 2002. It never really went anywhere because you have nothing to do apart from chat. People preferred MMO and MOBA and that's what gave rise to DOTA.

[@adamb89]

@@One.Zero.One101 Hell they lost me even before that point. I hate MMO's categorically. The sheer concept of a massively multiplayer game, I hate it on principle. I wish there were none of them.

[@mranuragi]

This man gave birth to screw up a good generation of people and the good old privacy where the beside Neighbour wouldn't know about me until unless poked, I just miss the old generation where I was just happy to see people outside and meet them, now a days all virtual is bonkers and useless.

[@DK-ox7ze]

I think this is really about Zuck's ego. He is so obsessed with creating and owning the next computing platform, just like current Apple and Google, that he's acting immaturely. AR/VR is the future, not the present. Investing billions into a future technology with no current revenue streams is nuts. And he's really hurt by Apple and it's control of the iPhone. So he knows how important the platform is. Seems like he took it personally when Apple introduced tracking prevention. Running a corporate in vengeance mode is never a good idea.

[@koiyujo1543]

Yea I can agree it's so stupid to think this will replace stuff like shopping or whatever because we can instantly get our few groceries on our phones in less than a minute or do if your fast enough but a headset that takes time to turn on and you needing to put it on is just stupid including tracking poke and stuff

[@sergioruiz-mier9163]

It is the first time that I found the product sold in the add in the youtube video (the shaver) more interesting that the product being described in the video.

[@AnaIvanovic4ever]

Zuckerberg is failing hard with Metaverse, it will never be profitable or sucessful. Reminds me a bit about George Lucas, so successful early that when he makes a really bad call no one dares question him. This is sad for shareholders in Meta, but isn't it pretty nice for us? Even big tech bros fail when they take their eyes of what the consumer want.

[@Voicist]

One of the best segues into an ad I've ever seen. Kudos.

[@seanplace8192]

Second Life had better graphics back in 2004 than Meta Horizon Worlds has in 2022.

[@Tito_Happy]

Bubble is deflating. About time

[@outlander234]

Playstattion Home on PS3 over ten years ago had better looking environments. Shame Sony dropped it because it was ahead of its time, they should have kept developing it. I could envision it today so much better with everyone having much better internet, graphics are insane and they have VR headset. One example of use was you could meet up in Playstation Home and then launch an online game and start playing. It was also great for meeting new people.

[@moonoggin]

Yes, and now Meta is doing something similar. Great comment!

[@TheRocco96]

I remember Playstation Home. Sony canceled it. What's worse with Meta is that first of all it requires a VR headset, which is a something many people don't want to wear. Years ago, those glasses for 3D TV were already too uncomfortable for most people, imagine how they react to a VR headset. And second, this is Meta (facebook) so the headset records all your conversations and the cameras on the headset film the interior of your home.

[@outlander234]

@@TheRocco96 They all record everything now. You cant even buy a TV now without google assistant or alexa. I doubt even if you dont use those apps that they arent recording stuff because our phones do. I cant remember how many times now I got an ad for something I didnt search on google but I just talked about and not even on call or whatsapp mind you just talking to a friend and then hour later I go on youtube and get an ad for what I talked about.

[@rgseven6557]

The irony here is that technology is supposed to connect people but the truth is that the Metaverse will bring people further away from reality.

[@GratefulPrimate]

I'm betting my entire fortune on Henson Shaving Razors

[@diamondseries7221]

"Those who stay with Meta for the long haul will reap the rewards" - Mark Zuckerberg

[@kimmathis1945]

Those who stay with Meta till the end will end up paupers…

[@betruthful5196]

LOL Not the rewards he is envisioning! Rather quite the opposite but a win nevertheless!

[@crowman5936]

I'll give Zuck the same line my Mom used to say "It's a nice day go outside to play".

[@Musicdudeyoutub]

Never even thought about getting into the "Metaverse," but my Facebook experience has turned to absolute garbage. It shows me updates from about 3 friends, every other post is a sponsored ad, and the content they push is garbage. No wonder the stock went down

[@thuandao4243]

Fakebook is ultimate garbage anyway….still data mining on users. Despicable

[@Musicdudeyoutub]

@@thuandao4243 Unfortunately, nearly every company with an online presence participates in data mining.

[@thuandao4243]

@@Musicdudeyoutub very true….., fb & other big tech censor free speech crushers/social engineering mass propaganda/political bias & collusion/data pimping inc, so their collapse is $100 billions of karma . I will never ever joined them .

[@Musicdudeyoutub]

@@thuandao4243 You are using big tech right now... or should I say they are using you?

[@thuandao4243]

@@Musicdudeyoutub ..huge businesses incl govt involvement in digital spying harvesting selling trading personal info continues . I never use voice assist on phone, but it sure activate often by listening to my tv. …That is so sad. Evil tech inc prevails when us good people do nothing ( if only we unite & fight to protect our privacy rights…)

[@ronthomas8108]

Suckerberg can stick his headsets as I wouldn’t wear one of these gizmos for 2 minutes.

[@abma0482]

I predicted this the day metaverse was announced. Metaverse is a failed concept for the simple reason that after the pandemic, people wanted more and more physical interaction, they wanted to see and meet people and Metaverse's whole concept was to isolate people.

[@NoxAtlas]

That makes me wonder: would Metaverse have actually been successful if the pandemic didn't happen and the transition from closeness to isolation wasn't so sudden?

[@abma0482]

@@NoxAtlas Yes, I think it had a fair chance of being successful. I think it was a decent idea but the timing was totally wrong.

[@Solar.Geoengineering.Advocate]

@@NoxAtlas hmm surely its the other way round, that if meta was gonna succeed the pandemic was the ideal time for it to, when people couldn't meet in person but they could meet through whatever headset cr ap. for me i think enough people see through social media now to know that zuck is a really terrible human being and so is his machinations

[@me2big]

I recall in the early 1990's, seeing the VR experiments and thinking, "Wow, that's going to destroy your eyesight and give you a brain tumour..." It's obvious that this "Metaverse" world of Facebook has the graphics of Farmville, and in this day and age of photo-realistic video games, it just doesn't flush. It was beyond foolish for Facebook\Meta to just leap into a gigantic, uncompelling, untested, VR world. What SHOULD Facebook\Meta have done? It should have FIRST developed, at low cost, an addictive VIDEO GAME without any VR, and THEN phased in a VR OPTION. Why not "Farmville"? Tens of millions of people play "Farmville" ... the graphics are simplistic, and adding a VR feature would have been painless ... it would have allowed for the working out of any bugs, and then they could have grown from there. I bet those WinkleVoss Twins are dying of laughter...

[@djprince26794]

i agree 100%! i was thinking the same thing!! I think they rushed in a bit...

[@liljes34]

Lol FarmVille would not have propelled it to success LMAO 😂😂😂

[@casioamplifier]

Well when companies hire managers and directors who got the job only because of connections and who they know and they pay them $250K+BONUS+STOCK OPTIONS then you know why they never implemented what you suggested here.

[@asoka7752]

@@casioamplifier Exactly. A lot of top managers, and middle managers are one of the reasons why a company successes. That's why it's important to hire them wisely.

[@nessawalls]

Framville 🤣🤣🤣 yeah okay 😂😂

[@sonhuynh8222]

Hope Meta and Twitter go bankrupt! These tech moguls need to be humbled !

[@Jin88866]

Those 10 billion usd could've been used to improve people's lives and still be profitable by investing them in renewable energy sources like solar or wind power, which are the REAL future. Shame on him.

[@haroldhead7555]

Ah, socialists are so good at virtue signalling and spending OTHER PEOPLES MONEY.

[@marymccluer1630]

I actually think Zuckerberg is right that one day this will be popular, but it is far, far from that now. The problem was they were selling a half-baked product to woo more investors, and investors weren't buying the pitch. It is better to take your time, feel free to explore possibilities and err out of public sight, and then finally present a product that will wow the world.

[@Sandeep-jx5gc]

The Idea of Metaverse reveals how dark the mindset of Mark Zuckerberg. Metaverse will destroy human relationships, family bondage, mental health. Metaverse will make depression, anxiety even worst.

[@tjomha]

Nice video. I dream of a world where we all boycott social media and bankrupt these companies.

[@michaelbaja1854]

Amen.

[@kasistories]

Only KZbin makes sense, the rest is trash, tiktok is worse

[@koalabear1847]

You convinced me more to buy the shaver than ever trying metaverse. Aside from how bad it looks, I think ill just get dizzy with vr headsets.

[@PatrickMcAsey]

I would definitely go with the razor; the Metaverse - never!

[@mish375]

I'm prone to motion sickness so VR headsets wouldn't be good for me anyways. I'd imagine there are some negative effects on the human brain as well that we just aren't aware of yet because VR is not how we function on a biological/cognitive/sensory level.

[@PatrickMcAsey]

@@mish375 Good point. Apart from the fact that the 'Metaverse' is nonsense, which no sensible person would want to have anything to do with, one of its more ludicrous aspects is having to wear this awful headgear.

[@mish375]

@@PatrickMcAsey Exactly. The thing that shocked me was just how terrible the metaverse looks. Spending billions for a product that already looks dated with graphics from like 20 years ago is not a good sell. Even during the Wii era in the 2000s their Wii Sports avatar graphics were still more realistic than what Meta is putting out, and that's not saying much. I only use that comparison because it was the first thing I thought of when I saw Meta's poor graphics. It literally seems like it was designed by an AI with no awareness of how humans work/what they like and Mark just went with it because he isn't actually a tech guy at all. He's a businessman that stole his ideas. It's such a strange thing seeing both him and Elon crashing and burning at the same time. It's like they're competing to see who can reach the bottom first.

[@PatrickMcAsey]

@@mish375 You've made some good points. The graphics are terrible. When Zuckerberg unveiled this 'Metaverse' about a year or so ago and showed examples of what it might look like I thought it was embarrassingly awful. Crude graphics, people stuck in strange, lonely locations, people with no lower half of the body etc. I wouldn't spend a thousand, or even a hundred dollars on developing this. He's pouring billions down the drain. I understand that the initial users have halved in number during the last year. What a terrible waste of money! How much real good could be brought about by these billions! It's tragic, really.

[@davidwright873]

He's had a good run...Time to call it a day Mark.

[@blyankyb4317]

Bro, he should invest more in developing games with a Full history and a good graphic to vr or to improve VRs devices,not on the metaverse,cause it's obvious that the real problem it's on the metaverse

[@mikerosoft1009]

The only way this could work is if it was fully integrated into regular eye glasses or a holodeck.

[@mish375]

I could see holo-imaging being part of the future. It's partly implemented in places. (Ie. 3d ads) The problem is the amount of power that would be required to keep the imaging sensors running in large areas would be a drain on the grid systems.

[@armando_az1]

Vr is more of a gaming gimmick and ahead of it's time for social media in this way just personally thinking

[@gregor3148]

I think the whole VR can be successful. It has huge potential but yes it's in very early phase and might take a serious corporate and influence to get general public to spend their time and money on such devices. People hating on meta just because it's by Zucc but would happily sell their soul to Google or Apple if they made similar device/platform. I don't care if it's meta or Microsoft or another company but we need the advancement of VR and MR

[@Boris_Belomor]

VR never had any potential outside of niche games and never will.

[@PatrickMcAsey]

You're wrong; nobody will buy the 'Metaverse', regardless of who tries to promote it. Google and Apple are very wisely staying away from it.

[@hastings22]

@@PatrickMcAsey Apple is releasing their own headset next month and they're having their own metaverse. But they're not calling it the metaverse though.

[@clint9040]

@@Boris_Belomor you are forgetting that in 20 years people will be wearing VR contact lenses

[@AllThought]

I agree, my bff convinced me to buy an Oculus and I have no regrets!!! I love it

[@Honest-liars]

This man has a lot to answer for. Social media is ruining the brains of billions. The virual universe is a real waste of time.

[@sachasresolve]

In Hebrew, *Meta* means *Dead*

[@wandameadows5736]

shut it down

[@dixcreative]

When you hire people around you who never say no to you.

[@watchout5508]

U know ur company is doomed when you need change the name jst to distance urself from the shady actions of ur past. The sooner 'Meta' fails, the sooner we all win.

[@Number1SethRollinsFan]

*You *Your *Just *Yourself

[@nourtaha5330]

I really wanna know what were the 11,000 employees actually doing in Meta when none of its actual platforms(fb, insta and WhatsApp) have any kind of Customer supports, and are filled with dead links and "Something Went Wrong". Most of its algorithms is IA based, and just actually block content based on assumptions and give its customers a headache before actual moderation. Meta is finally getting what it deserve, the only reason it survived that long is due to the lack of a an appropriate competitor, and that doesn't change the fact that its just a shit platform.

[@heyjeySigma]

i agree with you. Hell, he should have fired more than 11k... theres like 100,000 or more employees according to the vid. hows that even possible.. wtf are these 10s of thousands of ppl even doing. Chilling in lounges i bet

[@cpK054L]

@@heyjeySigma 20k go-go tiktok dancers, 40k HR people, 10 software engineers that are holding the infrastructure together with bubble gum, 20 more holding it with duct tape, and 50 pink-haired / purple haired software devs crying out lubricating tears. the rest.... just collect a paycheck

[@jeremiahsmith916]

You would be surprised how much headcount it takes to monitor platforms themselves and ads for illegal/inappropriate content. Allowing basically anyone post anything they want without pre-moderation is inviting a hydra into your home, damage control will be very costly to sustain. Then remember the headcount gets tripled because you need 24/7 coverage, meaning staffing three 8-hour shifts

[@nourtaha5330]

@@jeremiahsmith916 it still sucks, I've personally reported several hate speeches, and they didn't find them offensive cause they were not in English. And they still lack about ANY customer service. *yawn*

[@content1]

We never thought MySpace will be gone. Facebook may happen even faster. All these well paid Marketing people never advice him that in marketing you can not call everything the same. "Meta" as the brand image will affect all their brands.

[@thanhtungbui7823]

He made Facebook to solve a problem, but he made Meta to chase a dream.

[@jameslyddall]

As a Facebook user the biggest issue for me is facebooks ridiculous “community standards”. I have a clean profile with no bans yet I commented on a news post and legitimately used the word Taliban and got struck with a 8 day ban. Fine, but I can’t use messenger which I care about more to chat with my family. I also said “that’s crazy” and got hit with another ban and this is on my account with no other bans running. I feel so scared to have a argument or healthy debate in case I say anything that gets a ban.

[@joanski786]

Just delete your account like the rest of us did years ago. I deleted messenger too. My true friends and family would have my cell number or email. You don't need FB.

[@Chojin17-w7y]

If we can somehow program a device to access our brain that would allow us to visit the meta verse through our conscious minds then the meta verse would sound like a neat idea. But in this case it's just a screen headset attached to your face with poor quality graphics on screen

[@VincentBounce]

One word only: Mark is early.

[@Sea_of_Waves]

When the sponsor is more revolutionary than the Metaverse 💀

[@DonzLockz]

Zuck is an alien and belongs back in his Meta world... by himself!👽

[@greyhamlogan2255]

I have no sympathy for any social media company that goes down the toilet. We are losing our skills to verbally communicate.

[@JulianDiemOfficial]

Honestly, with the amount of money spent and the amount of people working on the Metaverse, i think Zuck might be trolling the public just to say "told ya" when he drops it and its actually changing the world

[@MrWallace484]

Nope

[@AN7HON7]

Keep drinking that meta flavor aid meta employee

[@mish375]

Zuckerberg isn't good with subtleties though. I think he genuinely believes that he has lightning in a bottle the same way Facebook was for a time.

[@13opacus]

Why are billionaires so delusional?

[@128bitt]

The Metaverse is pretty much just corporate VRChat. The difference is, VRChat did everything better. Just play VRC instead smh.

[@DigitalCubeAU]

The statement "Meta grew too quickly" made me laugh.

[@kimmathis1945]

Growth is a very big word for something staying in an infant stage…

[@sky44david]

There are many persons who bought all the stuff and are now having extreme chronic headaches after hours of headset use. Some even claim that their GBM was triggered by the headset that emits robust rf/microwave radiation. Others claim that the legless characters stink.

[@othervideos4002]

Good point. I have a wired Oculus Rift S and I am so glad I don't have a wireless Quest that is wifi enabled. I don't want wifi technology my head because of the radiation issue. I don't even use bluetooth earbuds. Also I can only play VR apps or games where I am stationary because if there is any quick movement I get dizzy pretty quick. I love my Rift S though and love playing ping pong on it. But I don't think playing ping pong or Beat Saber in vr is going to make Meta billions of dollars or transform our lives. It's a fun and cool technology though if used sparingly. I would probably get headaches also if I used my Rift S too often.

[@ddiver7908]

Twitter "we are going to fire 3700 employees" Zuck "Hold my beer"

[@noway8233]

Billons on stupid creppy graphics with a headset that makes my eyes and head in pain ..

[@Dave-xs9dm]

You can put all your eggs in one basket

[@perfectionbox]

They should've spent those billions of dollars on giving everyone high speed Internet, then the metaverse would have a chance

[@MrMiyagi005]

I have 100mbps in a small town in a 3rd world country. Unless you're living in the middle of a rainforest or a desert I don't think internet speed is a problem now a days.

[@armando_az1]

MySpace was the one that gave birth to social

[@BillsCountrysideAdventures]

Long before that was yahoo chat

[@webdesign6776]

@@BillsCountrysideAdventures don't forget BlackBerry chat

[@armando_az1]

@@BillsCountrysideAdventures i never used yahoo for chatting

[@asoka7752]

AOL.