The metaverse failed without a rulebook

The keynote featured a bonkers video of Zuckerberg jumping between various CGI-rendered depictions of the metaverse in virtual reality. He visited a spaceship where the company’s executives were ...

Meta to discontinue key metaverse product for VR headsets

Meta Platforms Inc. said that users of its Quest headsets will lose access to Horizon Worlds, a virtual destination where cartoon versions of people can meet up and play games, marking the latest ...
Opinion

Actually, Mark Zuckerberg didn't burn $80 billion on the metaverse

In 2021, Zuckerberg said Facebook was becoming a metaverse company. He's stopped saying that — but he's still putting money into metaverse-y things.
Forbes

Requiem For The Metaverse — How It Went From The Next Thing To Nothing

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cortney is an expert in smartglasses, VR, AI, and the future of work. Just under three years later, Bloomberg is reporting that ...
Fast Company

What was the metaverse?

At the heart of the metaverse derangement was the persistent inflation of its definition. McKinsey & Company proclaimed in June 2022 that the metaverse could generate “up to $5 trillion in impact ...