Opinion

What was the metaverse?

Mark Zuckerberg effectively declared its death last December. But the delusional fervor it inspired lives on. Late last year, Meta confirmed it would effectively be abandoning the metaverse, a ...
Mark Zuckerberg's vision for the metaverse was meant to reimagine how we interact with each other and the world, providing us ...
Meta Platforms (META) laid off 1,500 workers from its reality segment last week, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that's not the only thing that went wrong for Meta's VR ...
Tech visionaries sold us the bizarre idea of a ubiquitous metaverse. While we stay in the real world, glued to our phones, ...
Meta Platforms Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg is expected to meaningfully cut resources for building the so-called metaverse, an effort that he once framed as the future of the company and the reason for ...
After years of heavy spending and limited traction, Mark Zuckerberg’s bet on the metaverse appears to be nearing its end.
Mark Zuckerberg’s dream of the metaverse has rarely looked farther away. The Facebook founder is finalizing significant budget cuts to Meta’s years-long project to create virtual worlds that users can ...
Pedro Domingos, computer science and engineering professor at the University of Washington has recently criticised Meta CEO ...