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Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access in June (www.engadget.com)
submitted 19 hours ago by baggachipz@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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All 20 users are going to be severely disappointed.

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[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 124 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

What a comical waste of $80 Billion. Coulda bought two Twitters with that money instead and still come out on top.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 111 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Coulda fed an entire country in the real world

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 26 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Huh? Ohh, you joke, poors aren't real people!

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 50 points 17 hours ago

$80bn for VR Miis that didn't have legs until last year

$80bn for "We have VRChat at home"

[–] northendtrooper@lemmy.ca 40 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I cannot fathom how $80billion was spent without anyone skimming off the top...and the middle....and the bottom.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 26 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I’m entirely convinced the whole thing was invented to scam Meta. So congrats to all the people who got paid along the way!

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 12 hours ago

I’m entirely convinced the whole thing was invented to scam Meta.

Yes, it was suckerberg.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if John Carmack is among them? I remember him complaining that internal politicking made any kind of progress like wading in mud

[–] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 7 points 10 hours ago

He is the forefront expert in WADing

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 15 hours ago

they developed arguably good headsets and then sold them at a loss

[–] XLE@piefed.social 15 points 18 hours ago

Meanwhile, OpenAI claims their losses will get near $80 billion before they start turning a profit. You've got to spend money to make money. Or to fail spectacularly. However the saying goes.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Instead they bought Moltbook, the reddit for ai bots (only ai bots can post)

[–] JustTesting@lemmy.hogru.ch 5 points 15 hours ago

Actually anyone can post using the API, and many people did. Lots of the heavily publicized posts were written by humans

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

wat

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 17 hours ago

zuckerbot needed friends just like him, so he bought them