It's official, the #Metaverse failed!
Meanwhile I don't even know 1 person who ever visited it ๐
Not one(!) after:
#Meta "...had funneled some $73 billion into Reality Labs. To put that into context, youโd have to spend $1 million per day for 200 years to match that kind of spending."
techcrunch.com/2026/01/19/wellโฆ
#FuckMeta #Demeta #Facebook #Zuckerberg #Markzuckerberg #Meta #Tech #IT #Software #News #Technology #VR #virtualreality #investment #us #usa #corporation #digital #fail #spending
Well, there goes the metaverse! | TechCrunch
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 ambitions.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
MadeInDex ๐ฐ๐
in reply to MadeInDex ๐ฐ๐ • • •Just wish I knew how to reach the Metaverse, or I would also post this there ;)
Here is hoping @threads is somehow connected ๐
JBrickelt963 โ(ฯ)๐ฉ
in reply to MadeInDex ๐ฐ๐ • • •for several months the link between thread and Fediverse has been under "maintenance" without any guarantee that the link could continue one day.
Signals like this or the change from .net to .com do not bode well for the future. It's best not to expect thread to continue to be connected.
MadeInDex ๐ฐ๐
in reply to JBrickelt963 โ(ฯ)๐ฉ • • •@JBrickelt963 Very very good point!!!!
opened this up for broader discussion here: mastodon.social/@madeindex/115โฆ
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2026-01-22 15:47:41
Christopher E. Stith
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in reply to Christopher E. Stith • • •LillyLyle/Count Melancholia
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in reply to LillyLyle/Count Melancholia • • •@LillyHerself ๐๐๐ 73 billion is just so much money, if you spent that on research you could probably cure diabetes & throw in another common disease for good measure ๐คฏ (good news recently on diabetes cure though, even without Meta help ;)
It sucks, but at least Marky Mark can hang out with his 5 "friends" (employees) in his own version of world of warcraft now ๐
Joe Loveless
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in reply to Joe Loveless • • •@Pacers31Colts18 ๐ How could anyone not sign up for that1990s design?! Well Doom 1993 did have legs - so maybe 80s ;)
Wow you are right, Microsoft also couldn't afford the legs:
windowscentral.com/software-apโฆ
Fangh
in reply to MadeInDex ๐ฐ๐ • • •Because I know a lot of people going in some metaverses like VR-Chat and it's really cool
MadeInDex ๐ฐ๐
in reply to Fangh • • •@Fangh Yes, Metas Metaverse, they are cutting across it, Meta Horizon seems to have been the biggest fail ;)
VR chat is from VRChat Inc :)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRChat
2017 video game
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Fangh
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in reply to Fangh • • •ackack
in reply to MadeInDex ๐ฐ๐ • • •Hypothetically, if I were a major shareholder in a company that spent $73 billion on a whim with absolutely nothing to show for it, I would be doing everything I could to replace the leadership...
It really highlights (yet again) how "boards represent the shareholders" is a pile of horseshit.
Look What The Cat Dragged In
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in reply to Bebadefabo • • •Dave
in reply to MadeInDex ๐ฐ๐ • • •It's all funny-money though. Doesn't exist outside the circle of tech-bro companies that "invest".
Just like the current AI "investment": OpenAI invests $100bn in Nvidia who invests $100bn in Microsoft who invests $100bn in OpenAI. [paraphrased]
MadeInDex ๐ฐ๐
in reply to Dave • • •@TheLancashireman ๐ whats a couple billion here and there among friends?!
Ye, there was a nice graphic on this recently:
mastodon.social/@madeindex/115โฆ
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MadeInDex ๐ฐ๐ (Mastodon)Tagaziel
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