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Meta name is cursed. The slide begins the moment they changed from FB.

by homeland221 4y ago

DaiPlusPlus 4y ago
The slide really began with Eternal September…
est 4y ago
The whole metaverse & VR thing is a scam. People seem to forget a thing from the past called 2ndlife.
- hellweaver666 4y ago
  There was an article on BBC news the other day about people investing in property in the metaverse. It blew my mind because it's not a finite space like the real world... the idea that people are spending thousands speculating on virtual real estate in an unproven environment that has almost zero uptake is mind blowing.
  - iso1631 4y ago
    Great way to do some money laundering
  - solardev 4y ago
    This has happened in every mmo for decades now.
  - rsynnott 4y ago
    This is just history repeating itself. Happened with Second Life, too, nearly 20 years ago: https://www.zdnet.com/article/reality-pricks-the-second-life-property-bubble/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/reality-pricks-the-second-life...
- vkou 4y ago
  It's not a scam, it's a Hail Mary play to control the platform that Facebook's services run on. Without that control, it's at the mercy of upstream vendors. It's not going to work, but there's a good reason for why they are trying.
  - robertlagrant 4y ago
    I don't know why they didn't make a Facebook phone based on Android.
    - majani 4y ago
      They did. It just didn't work
    - solardev 4y ago
      Think they tried but nobody wanted it. The video chat thing too.
      - robertlagrant 4y ago
        That's true - Portal? I know some people who have it; it seems okay.
- mlajtos 4y ago
  Second Life was just another window in your computer. VR (or AR, XR, etc.) is new hardware paradigm for displaying stuff. Edit: not really "new" – first AR/VR display was in 1968 by Ivan Sutherland, but current tech allows us to have standalone device with good ergonomics and plenty of performance
  - solardev 4y ago
    Oooh, Second Life with 3d glasses. Revolutionary.
- stoobs 4y ago
  Or VRChat, which does everything Meta is trying to do years ago
  - MikusR 4y ago
    VRChat makes standalone headsets?
    - stoobs 4y ago
      I was referring to the "metaverse" VR vision Meta is having trouble implementing.
TheCoelacanth 4y ago
I think it's the reverse. The name change was a response to seeing an inevitable slide looming in the future.

Meta name is cursed. The slide begins the moment they changed from FB.

DaiPlusPlus 4y ago

The slide really began with Eternal September…

est 4y ago

The whole metaverse & VR thing is a scam. People seem to forget a thing from the past called 2ndlife.

hellweaver666 4y ago
There was an article on BBC news the other day about people investing in property in the metaverse. It blew my mind because it's not a finite space like the real world... the idea that people are spending thousands speculating on virtual real estate in an unproven environment that has almost zero uptake is mind blowing.
- iso1631 4y ago
  Great way to do some money laundering
- solardev 4y ago
  This has happened in every mmo for decades now.
- rsynnott 4y ago
  This is just history repeating itself. Happened with Second Life, too, nearly 20 years ago: https://www.zdnet.com/article/reality-pricks-the-second-life-property-bubble/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/reality-pricks-the-second-life...
vkou 4y ago
It's not a scam, it's a Hail Mary play to control the platform that Facebook's services run on. Without that control, it's at the mercy of upstream vendors. It's not going to work, but there's a good reason for why they are trying.
- robertlagrant 4y ago
  I don't know why they didn't make a Facebook phone based on Android.
  - majani 4y ago
    They did. It just didn't work
  - solardev 4y ago
    Think they tried but nobody wanted it. The video chat thing too.
    - robertlagrant 4y ago
      That's true - Portal? I know some people who have it; it seems okay.
mlajtos 4y ago
Second Life was just another window in your computer. VR (or AR, XR, etc.) is new hardware paradigm for displaying stuff. Edit: not really "new" – first AR/VR display was in 1968 by Ivan Sutherland, but current tech allows us to have standalone device with good ergonomics and plenty of performance
- solardev 4y ago
  Oooh, Second Life with 3d glasses. Revolutionary.
stoobs 4y ago
Or VRChat, which does everything Meta is trying to do years ago
- MikusR 4y ago
  VRChat makes standalone headsets?
  - stoobs 4y ago
    I was referring to the "metaverse" VR vision Meta is having trouble implementing.

TheCoelacanth 4y ago

I think it's the reverse. The name change was a response to seeing an inevitable slide looming in the future.