metaverse
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Legs Have Finally Come to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse
Meta, the benevolent maker of Facebook, is solving the most important problem in the tech industry, one that every person on the internet definitely knows and cares about. At long last, the characters in Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse are getting legs. Sort of. In a bizarre series of memes and bungled PR moments, adding legs to…
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Apple’s Vision Pro Head Strap Problem
When I got a chance to try out Apple’s Vision Pro headset several weeks ago, there was one big difference between what I wore and the display models shown off by Apple. The official photos and videos showed a sleek over-the-eyes wearable that strapped around the back of the wearer’s head with a wide, comfortable-looking…
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At Meta, Everything Old Is New Again
Meta is going back to basics. The company with some of the world’s top engineering talent in the world (though staff numbers have taken a hit as of late) and tens of billions in quarterly revenue has figured out that social features present since the long-defunct AIM and in some of the earliest multiplayer games…
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Not Even Jeopardy Contestants Know What the Metaverse Is
Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the only person who’s lost a lot of money on the Metaverse. On Thursday, three additional public figures made the mistake of betting their cash on the concept. All of the contestants on the April 20, 2023 episode of Jeopardy failed to correctly answer the final prompt of the game, and all…