Meta is closing down three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts
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I've always appreciated that they stole the name from Snow Crash. Like Zuck completely unironically named his company after a technological dystopian hellscape infected with a virus that destroys people's brains. Honestly, I don't think there's a better name for Facebook.
Did he say he named it for that? Bc I can totally believe he has no idea what Snow Crash is.
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You'd think they would lose a lot of money making all those shit investments, but then America is the upside down and nothing makes sense over there.
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Did he say he named it for that? Bc I can totally believe he has no idea what Snow Crash is.
I mean, Neal Stephenson coined the term "metaverse" to reference a virtual world not limited to gaming but to all kinds of business and commerce and social interactions.
Zuck's concept for the metaverse was basically the same thing. I'd be surprised if the connection wasn't intentional.
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Why not shut it all down?
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You'd think they would lose a lot of money making all those shit investments, but then America is the upside down and nothing makes sense over there.
It's a bug in our simulation. If you're poor and you lose a little money, you go bankrupt. But if you're rich and you burn a fuckton of money, you can buffer overflow into richness and go back on top.
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Oh look, that completely predictable outcome of an obviously stupid fucking idea, that people still felt the need to argue with me about so many years ago despite it being obviously doomed for failure.
Can Facebook unsteal the name now?
completely predictable outcome of an obviously stupid fucking idea
Nah, it could have worked if Meta started by
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sell the hardware to businesses and schools at a loss, with a requirement users be able to take the sets home.
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Publish standards to allow all apps to have multiplayer and compatible full body avatars, same control scheme, movement, etc.
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buying up VRChat and any other apps with a large user base, refactoring them for compatibility.
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Develop and release free multiuser apps, from virtual office/meetings to virtual movies to home decor.
Somehow FB didn't even try to exploit the same effects that forced everyone into Apple, MS, and FB.
To be clear, its for the best, the end result of FB giving out millions of headsets at a loss would have been making even more money selling much more precise user data, and virtual nikes and shit.
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Companies like meta and Amazon can’t be trusted with gaming, it’s just a silly side project to them. If I was working at a studio acquired by either I would be shit scared for the studios longevity.
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Companies like meta and Amazon can’t be trusted with gaming, it’s just a silly side project to them. If I was working at a studio acquired by either I would be shit scared for the studios longevity.
Yeah time to start saving as much as you can if they buy you, if you weren’t already doing so.
Then you’ll at least have something for when the inevitable comes.
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Even better they should sell the oculus tech to someone else who might give a damn.
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That's probably a lot of lost jobs.
But also 100% predictable. Sad, but not unexpected.
For reference, I could absolutely take a job in the next couple weeks with a $50k signing bonus where I get to shoot people in the face with impunity, but I also know that the Nuremberg Trials were a thing. Also, I’m not a horrible human.
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All 5 users will be angry
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Oh look, that completely predictable outcome of an obviously stupid fucking idea, that people still felt the need to argue with me about so many years ago despite it being obviously doomed for failure.
Can Facebook unsteal the name now?
Wait, hold up, are you telling me that you knew no one would want to wear a headset to join a 90’s style AOL chat room?
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To what are they gonna rename the company now?
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Wait, hold up, are you telling me that you knew no one would want to wear a headset to join a 90’s style AOL chat room?
~40000 people playing VRChat right now FYI.
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Meta is now SLOP:
- Social media
- Large Learning Models
- Online Engagement
- Pedo support
I'm Mark Zuckerfuck and I suck.
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All 5 users will be angry
I'm actually kinda angry. There was a lot of money being thrown at this metaverse thing, and I wanted to milk that sweet Facebook money for as long as I can building products nobody use. Now I'll never get that chance.
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Companies like meta and Amazon can’t be trusted with gaming, it’s just a silly side project to them. If I was working at a studio acquired by either I would be shit scared for the studios longevity.
Microsoft too.
They flip flop over if gaming is important to them all the time.
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Companies like meta and Amazon can’t be trusted with gaming, it’s just a silly side project to them. If I was working at a studio acquired by either I would be shit scared for the studios longevity.
I remember when Amazon went all-in on gaming. Everyone was skeptical, and they partnered up with so many Asian companies.
Then they pulled out. Then they pulled back in. And now they're kinda in a weird place.
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Who cares about billions of dollars wasted on the last profitless scheme when there is a whole new profitless scheme to dumb money into? Line goes up!
I want cloud gamified LLM GenAI NFT Cryptocurrency Neural network IoT Web3 Metaverse!
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Fuck off, sincerely. It’s hard enough out there for game devs as it is without heartless idiots online celebrating the demise of their studios.
Also, obviously, fuck Meta for closing them.
My brother in arms, my heart goes to you. I know it sucks.
Never fall in love with your work, ever. Metaverse and VR has always been a neat niche piece of tech.
As a dev, make the thing for that money, and always be ready to jump ship.
