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Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access in June (www.engadget.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by baggachipz@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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All 20 users are going to be severely disappointed.

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[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 138 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

What a comical waste of $80 Billion. Coulda bought two Twitters with that money instead and still come out on top.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 126 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Coulda fed an entire country in the real world

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh? Ohh, you joke, poors aren't real people!

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 59 points 2 weeks ago

$80bn for VR Miis that didn't have legs until last year

$80bn for "We have VRChat at home"

[–] northendtrooper@lemmy.ca 47 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I cannot fathom how $80billion was spent without anyone skimming off the top...and the middle....and the bottom.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I’m entirely convinced the whole thing was invented to scam Meta. So congrats to all the people who got paid along the way!

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder if John Carmack is among them? I remember him complaining that internal politicking made any kind of progress like wading in mud

[–] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 10 points 1 week ago

He is the forefront expert in WADing

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

I’m entirely convinced the whole thing was invented to scam Meta.

Yes, it was suckerberg.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

they developed arguably good headsets and then sold them at a loss

[–] XLE@piefed.social 18 points 2 weeks ago

Meanwhile, OpenAI claims their losses will get near $80 billion before they start turning a profit. You've got to spend money to make money. Or to fail spectacularly. However the saying goes.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Instead they bought Moltbook, the reddit for ai bots (only ai bots can post)

[–] JustTesting@lemmy.hogru.ch 8 points 2 weeks ago

Actually anyone can post using the API, and many people did. Lots of the heavily publicized posts were written by humans

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

wat

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago

zuckerbot needed friends just like him, so he bought them