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Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued

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Post by SchemaLoad »

vablings wrote: post #264
SchemaLoad wrote: post #134

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Now they have to rebrand the company again to be about some AI hype spy glasses. The Metaverse was a flop.

The corporate metaverse was a huge flop. There are plenty of VR games and communities that are still thriving off the backs of the Corpo metaverse technology.

They have different goals. VR gaming has always been targeting small scale hardcore gamers. Meta was promoting the Metaverse as something the average person would use daily for work and shopping. That never happened and no company has achieved it.

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Post by salad-tycoon »

urbandw311er wrote: post #269
ta9000 wrote: post #183

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Mark isn’t in charge because he’s smart, he’s in charge because of voting rights.

Or, to put it another way that actually gives him some credit, because he founded the company.

Personally, I find it refreshing that he’s one of the only ultra large CEOs that’s willing to go big or go broke. Otherwise, you end up with fossilized X trillion dollar company that amounts to a combination of safe haven/growth stock for retirement accounts and whose innovations amount to little more than finding pretty ways to machine different types of metal cases and who seemingly has entire research teams dedicated to discovering various new shades of grey every year. (This take isn’t fair to Apple, tbh, but they have gotten booooring under Tim Cook.)

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Post by ta9000 »

salad-tycoon wrote: post #272
urbandw311er wrote: post #269

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Or, to put it another way that actually gives him some credit, because he founded the company.

Personally, I find it refreshing that he’s one of the only ultra large CEOs that’s willing to go big or go broke. Otherwise, you end up with fossilized X trillion dollar company that amounts to a combination of safe haven/growth stock for retirement accounts and whose innovations amount to little more than finding pretty ways to machine different types of metal cases and who seemingly has entire research teams dedica…

What innovation has Meta made since Facebook itself done that’s been incremental to revenue? Instagram and WhatsApp are acquisitions. Facebook itself is fundamentally broken from an actual user perspective. Not to mention the real harm Facebook and Instagram do to kids.

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Post by michelb »

TacticalCoder wrote: post #96
michelb wrote: post #87

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So, a fraction of the AI investments? It’s pretty clear where the focus is bow and who/what no longer has a future at Meta.

> So, a fraction of the AI investments? It’s pretty clear where the focus is bow and who/what no longer has a future at Meta. And the tens of billions spent on AI at Meta... As a result, we're all using "Meta Code CLI" and "ChatBook" and "Geminizuck" right? Seriously: while we're all on Claude Code using the Anthropic models and many are happy with Gemini and ChatGPT for other stuff, where is Meta's AI offering? I lo…

Sure they are spending like crazy. I do think now they have bought Manus, they will try to compete. We'll have to see what all the talent they bought is going to create.

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Post by chaostheory »

vablings wrote: post #265
chaostheory wrote: post #231

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PCVR is a hassle. Meta VR is simple convenient, and instant by comparison. I was able to use it everyday to workout. The problem with VR in general is that only children, Gen Alpha, are into it as a demographic. Meta failed to take this into account to reposition Meta VR as either their NES or Roblox into their marketing. They were marketing something only children appreciated to adults who couldn’t see the potential…

PCVR is awesome with Steam, even using meta headsets once it's all setup its very straightforward.

PCVR is great for flexibility and freedom, but it really sucks for convenience. There’s too much hassle and too much to turn on and setup even if you’re using Quest headset. I don’t think it will change until Valve Frame, but you can also argue that it’s not really PCVR

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Post by reaperducer »

JCharante wrote: post #222
reaperducer wrote: post #76

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50 billion can't solve world hunger. It's not even a money issue.

Since you're an expert, perhaps you'd like to share the magic number with the rest of us.

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Post by jzkdroid »

riskable wrote: post #85
LorenDB wrote: post #39

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Meta has very recently had leaks of an upcoming lightweight headset. So maybe not a Quest 4 as a direct successor to the Quest 3, but a new headset is in the works.

Rumor is it that the focus of this new headset is AR. Not VR. So once again they're making a stupid business decision based on wishful thinking. Exec 1: "Surely, people will want to wear this headset all day while they work! Because the only reason why anyone would NOT want to do that is the weight of the thing!" Exec 2: "Exactly! Gaming makes us a lot of money—and it's the only reason anyone ever bought our VR heads…

I know a few folks with the raybans and they really like it. I do not understand why you would want an untrustworthy brand in your life in that fashion, but if they go to the in between I can see it taking off.

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Post by tavavex »

max8539 wrote: post #236
tavavex wrote: post #94

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While simultaneously renaming the VR headsets to also use Meta branding instead of Oculus, even though Oculus was a great brand and the most recognizable name in the VR industry. What made it worse is that by that point they'd produced lots of headsets with Oculus branding, including an Oculus button on one of the controllers. So, they had to change that button to also have a different logo and name, and have the sof…

Well, NFTs in 2026 are also not so popular

That's not what I meant. I wasn't talking about replicating the popularity (that never materialized), but about getting on the hype train of selling people nothing for something.

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Post by topranks »

tavavex wrote: post #94
CobrastanJorji wrote: post #47

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They also renamed the entire corporation from "Facebook" to "Meta" to prove how serious they were about it.

While simultaneously renaming the VR headsets to also use Meta branding instead of Oculus, even though Oculus was a great brand and the most recognizable name in the VR industry. What made it worse is that by that point they'd produced lots of headsets with Oculus branding, including an Oculus button on one of the controllers. So, they had to change that button to also have a different logo and name, and have the sof…

C’mon it was worth a shot.

Remember how amazing the original NFTs were?

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