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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago

Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse

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Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago
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Meta is scaling back its metaverse focus, cutting studios and head count at Reality Labs to prioritize artificial intelligence.
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    Motherfuckers even named their company after their useless hype product and then 5 years later just quietly kill it. Peak billionaire behaviour

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      It’s like tattooing your new girlfriend’s name on your ass.

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        More like tattooing that name on your face.

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      We taking bets on the next rebrand name?

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        It was “Meta”, but now they’re going all-in on AI, so they’ll probably want to go “MetAI” except that it’s lame and so are all the other various portmanteaus, so they’ll pivot to something inexplicable and wild like “Everything” or “AllAI”

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        Molt

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        I’m going to guess they’ll keep it and justify it as “metadata”. Like the metadata of it’s users that it sells

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        AI

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        Well, by induction since the last hype was the “metaverse” and they rebranded to Meta, so because now the hype is “AI” they’ll rebrand to A, or maybe Artificial.

        Q.E.D.

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        Nothing But Bots ™️

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        Dead Internet Company

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        AI

        I can call you Meta, and Meta you can call me AI. Call me AI.

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