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edhopper

(37,329 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:17 PM Thursday

Meta shutting down VR no body wants to invest in AI no body wants

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/18/meta-horizon-worlds-metaverse-vr.html

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Meta shutting down VR no body wants to invest in AI no body wants (Original Post) edhopper Thursday OP

I had forgotten about that completely. MineralMan Thursday #1

$80 billion later... BeyondGeography Thursday #2

Metaverse HW is basically a multiplayer game for socializing. FascismIsDeath Thursday #3

The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse edhopper Friday #7

And yet its still just talking about the stupid app. FascismIsDeath Friday #8

I am not arguing with you edhopper Friday #9

No, they aren't. You just don't understand what you're reading. FascismIsDeath Friday #10

Yes I can read edhopper Friday #11

Still talking about Horizon Worlds. The headset tech itself isn't going anywhere. FascismIsDeath Friday #12

LOL, such a tragedy Pinback Thursday #4

LOL W_HAMILTON Thursday #5

A.I. in a nutshell. When A.I. can no longer mine investors, the product has run its course. OC375 Thursday #6

MineralMan

(151,180 posts)

1. I had forgotten about that completely.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:21 PM

Thursday

Was it still going? I haven't heard any references to any of that VR stuff for quite some time.

Mat AI suffer the same fate, and sooner rather than later.

BeyondGeography

(41,071 posts)

2. $80 billion later...

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:26 PM

Thursday

Some guys get all the mulligans.

FascismIsDeath

(164 posts)

3. Metaverse HW is basically a multiplayer game for socializing.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:38 PM

Thursday

And it was always really boring.

They aren't "shutting down VR". They are shutting down an app.

edhopper

(37,329 posts)

7. The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse

Reply to FascismIsDeath (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:39 AM

Friday

Meta announced changes that effectively leave Mr. Zuckerberg’s vision of an immersive digital world based in virtual reality only on life support.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/technology/mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-vr-horizon-worlds.html?nl=the-morning&segment_id=216960

FascismIsDeath

(164 posts)

8. And yet its still just talking about the stupid app.

Reply to edhopper (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 09:23 AM

Friday

Don't even bother trying to argue with me about this. I'm a subject matter expert. You are not.

edhopper

(37,329 posts)

9. I am not arguing with you

Reply to FascismIsDeath (Reply #8)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 09:28 AM

Friday

the NY times is, and the experts they talked to.

FascismIsDeath

(164 posts)

10. No, they aren't. You just don't understand what you're reading.

Reply to edhopper (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 09:49 AM

Friday

Horizon Worlds is one app among thousands.

edhopper

(37,329 posts)

11. Yes I can read

Reply to FascismIsDeath (Reply #10)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:06 AM

Friday

and it looks to me to be much more than "one app"

“They’re basically winding that whole experiment down, because they see that trying to will V.R. into existence as a stand-alone platform would take many more years and many more hardware cycles,” said Eric Seufert, an independent mobile analyst.

“Sometimes, we knock it out of the park,” Samantha Ryan, the vice president of content at Meta’s Reality Labs division, wrote in last month’s blog post. “Other times, we get things wrong. And when we do, we look at the data, take in feedback, make decisive adjustments to our business strategy, and keep building.”

With it's refocus on AI, seems the VR is going to be an after thought.

FascismIsDeath

(164 posts)

12. Still talking about Horizon Worlds. The headset tech itself isn't going anywhere.

Reply to edhopper (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:15 AM

Friday

You don't understand the difference. Have you used any VR tech? I have. Do you own VR gaming tech? I do. Have you seen how boring Horizon Worlds is? I have. Have you used a headset to play other games that have nothing to do with metaverse stuff. I have.

Until you can answer yes to all of the above questions, you might as well be a lifelong burger flipper trying to explain physics to Stephen Hawking.