News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by rkuykendall-com on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @12:01PM (#33534473)
Metaverse is like NFTs. You can have it explained to you a dozen times but it will never make sense because it doesn't make sense.
Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by SV_BubbleTime on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @12:56PM (#33535346)
I own an Oculus 2, I really love Half Life Alyx, I had a PC that works well for VR...

I have no idea if Metaverse is a game you download and run or it's supposed to be some tokens you take from game to game. I just have no idea. I've seen the creepy/shitty Zuck avatars, so I assume there is some chat-game involved somewhere.

Notice there are no questions in this post. I don't care to learn. Just re-stating how poor the messaging of what it is they apparently want me to care about is.

Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by dqpb on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @01:23PM (#33535760)
"Ready Player One" is a pretty concrete illustration of what a Metaverse is.

It may not be realistic or desirable, but I don't get how someone couldn't possibly wrap their head around what it is.

Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by nottorp on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @01:41PM (#33536006)
So I have to watch a 2 hour movie? Can't they explain it in like 1 paragraph?
Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by ericd on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @04:15PM (#33537954)
Multipurpose VR-based persistent alternate reality.
Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by ar_lan on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @04:52PM (#33538443)
Well, actually, the movie is based on a book, which is much more than a single paragraph.
Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by nottorp on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:38AM (#33545045)
There have been books about virtual worlds since the first computer came out. I'm familiar with a good bunch of them. Get off my lawn!

What I'm poking fun at is that i haven't seen a single piece of news explaining Zuck's plan. Did he even have one?

Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by the_doctah on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @05:27PM (#33538948)
VR with a multidirection treadmill