BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 month agoLooks Like We Can Finally Kiss the Metaverse Goodbyegizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1338file-text
arrow-up1338external-linkLooks Like We Can Finally Kiss the Metaverse Goodbyegizmodo.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square144fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehypnicjerk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up175·1 month agoand nothing of value was lost
minus-squareglibg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up93·1 month ago(Except of course the billions of dollars spent building it)
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·1 month agoThat’s the only thing I like about this situation. That money went to the people who worked on the project.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 month agoDid it really or did it just grow market caps
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoit wasn’t meta spending on privacy invading crap that sticks around so whether it ended up as salaries or fake money it didn’t go directly to bad things
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoSeems unlikely that zero of that investment benefitted projects like the upcoming Steam Frame.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoHow would the Steam Frame have benefited from Meta’s funding?
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoBecause they were able to learn from the technology that was created.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThey already had the valve index VR headset released 2 years before Meta’s metaverse became a focus in 2021
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago…which is different from the Stream Frame.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoThen they all get laid off. And they lose their health insurance. And their houses get foreclosed on.
minus-squarenotgold@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoBut, for time they had employment and the money wasn’t going to a yacht maintenance crew and hookers
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoHoly tax write-offs, Batman!
and nothing of value was lost
(Except of course the billions of dollars spent building it)
That’s the only thing I like about this situation. That money went to the people who worked on the project.
Did it really or did it just grow market caps
it wasn’t meta spending on privacy invading crap that sticks around so whether it ended up as salaries or fake money it didn’t go directly to bad things
Seems unlikely that zero of that investment benefitted projects like the upcoming Steam Frame.
How would the Steam Frame have benefited from Meta’s funding?
Because they were able to learn from the technology that was created.
They already had the valve index VR headset released 2 years before Meta’s metaverse became a focus in 2021
…which is different from the Stream Frame.
Then they all get laid off. And they lose their health insurance. And their houses get foreclosed on.
But, for time they had employment and the money wasn’t going to a yacht maintenance crew and hookers
Holy tax write-offs, Batman!