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Why does Meta Quest – Horizon Worlds look so terible?

#1

Post by jay_kyburz » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 3:28 AM UTC

A friend and I were just watching this video about Horizon Worlds.

https://about.fb.com/news/2022/04/testing-creator-monetization-horizon-worlds/

Does anybody have any insight into why it looks the way it does?

A small game development team could make some dramatic improvements to this.

Do they not have game developers on the team?

Is there no art director?

Why is there no lighting?

Why are the characters wrists all held unnaturally?

Why do the football emotes float up into their heads?

What does a football mean?

Re: Why does Meta Quest – Horizon Worlds look so terible?

#2

Post by algoatecorn » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 4:01 AM UTC

Even if the metaverse looked good, which is doesn't, the entire development is a waste of time, resources, and human talent. The idea of extracting money from individuals for goods which don't exist or provide utility, is appalling. If the metaverse ultimately becomes popular and revenue-generating, it will be a sad day for humanity.

Re: Why does Meta Quest – Horizon Worlds look so terible?

#3

Post by lifeplusplus » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 4:09 AM UTC

Because web developers aren't game developers... Oh and hardware limits of quest

Re: Why does Meta Quest – Horizon Worlds look so terible?

#4

Post by samplatt » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 4:10 AM UTC

>Why do the football emotes float up into their heads?

I think it only LOOKS like the clouds float into their heads because that one guy on the far right has hair geometry that makes it look like the background is clipping through it.

Re: Why does Meta Quest – Horizon Worlds look so terible?

#5

Post by armchairhacker » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 4:10 AM UTC

I have a theory that it's all a facade, and Facebook is using the metaverse to attract investors / publicity and/or hide funding.

Either that or Zuck / Facebook execs are just in a massive echo chamber. Just like crypto enthusiasts. Yeah it looks bad to us but they're so deluded they literally don't realize.

Re: Why does Meta Quest – Horizon Worlds look so terible?

#6

Post by dangerlibrary » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 4:11 AM UTC

algoatecorn wrote: post #2

Even if the metaverse looked good, which is doesn't, the entire development is a waste of time, resources, and human talent. The idea of extracting money from individuals for goods which don't exist or provide utility, is appalling. If the metaverse ultimately becomes popular and revenue-generating, it will be a sad day for humanity.

I have bad news for you re: humanity.

The size of the video game micro transaction market is enormous, growing, and consists almost entirely of ways to extract money from individuals for goods which don't exist or provide utility.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/online-microtransaction-globa...

Re: Why does Meta Quest – Horizon Worlds look so terible?

#7

Post by carrolldunham » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 4:12 AM UTC

I remember stumbling on that video after randomly typing metaverse into youtube search - it's a video with the head of Meta himself personally promoting his intended technique for monetization of the metaverse, and it had about 300 views, after being up for a month or so. The hype is so fake

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Post by xeromal » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 4:13 AM UTC

https://youtu.be/7xvNNt-dRrA?t=93

playstation home had the quality of the metaverse in 2008. lol

Re: Why does Meta Quest – Horizon Worlds look so terible?

#9

Post by warning26 » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 4:13 AM UTC

armchairhacker wrote: post #5

I have a theory that it's all a facade, and Facebook is using the metaverse to attract investors / publicity and/or hide funding. Either that or Zuck / Facebook execs are just in a massive echo chamber. Just like crypto enthusiasts. Yeah it looks bad to us but they're so deluded they literally don't realize.

> Either that or Zuck / Facebook execs are just in a massive echo chamber.

I know people who work at Facebook, and based on my conversations with them, it is definitely this one.

Re: Why does Meta Quest – Horizon Worlds look so terible?

#10

Post by jackosdev » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 4:14 AM UTC

algoatecorn wrote: post #2

Even if the metaverse looked good, which is doesn't, the entire development is a waste of time, resources, and human talent. The idea of extracting money from individuals for goods which don't exist or provide utility, is appalling. If the metaverse ultimately becomes popular and revenue-generating, it will be a sad day for humanity.

It will happen one day, but until someone buys a headset they keep using for more than a few days before locking it in their cupboard, it's not going to happen