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edhopper

(37,304 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:17 PM 15 hrs ago

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 15 hrs ago OP

I had forgotten about that completely. MineralMan 15 hrs ago #1

$80 billion later... BeyondGeography 15 hrs ago #2

Metaverse HW is basically a multiplayer game for socializing. FascismIsDeath 15 hrs ago #3

LOL, such a tragedy Pinback 15 hrs ago #4

LOL W_HAMILTON 15 hrs ago #5

A.I. in a nutshell. When A.I. can no longer mine investors, the product has run its course. OC375 14 hrs ago #6

MineralMan

(151,155 posts)

1. I had forgotten about that completely.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:21 PM

15 hrs ago

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

(41,061 posts)

2. $80 billion later...

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:26 PM

15 hrs ago

Some guys get all the mulligans.

FascismIsDeath

(161 posts)

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

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:38 PM

15 hrs ago

And it was always really boring.

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

Pinback

(13,586 posts)

4. LOL, such a tragedy

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:39 PM

15 hrs ago

W_HAMILTON

(10,323 posts)

5. LOL

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:39 PM

15 hrs ago

OC375

(863 posts)

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

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 02:51 PM

14 hrs ago

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