Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis at Meta

Re:Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis a... by aeturnum on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @07:00PM (#35548230)

I do think generative AI has some really interesting possibilities for interactive media - but I don't see how it unlocks anything.

It's clear there's a market for well-designed and compelling VR chat. VRChat[1] has a large community and had a very active developer community[2]. Facebook had no luck in attracting users in a proven market - there's no reason to believe their products would be more popular after hooking a generative agent up to it.

If you are looking for "the metaverse" in a generic sense - other people are already doing it better than Facebook (and have been for some time). It's been unlocked for years. Facebook hasn't even managed a capable clone, much less broken new ground.

[1] https://hello.vrchat.com/

[2] Until they banned all modding - here's a video of a user using sign language and subtitles: https://twitter.com/TheFoxipso/status/1551640725455982593

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Re:Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis a... by cma on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @07:12PM (#35548368)

> It's clear there's a market for well-designed and compelling VR chat. VRChat[1] has a large community and had a very active developer community[2]. Facebook had no luck in attracting users in a proven market - there's no reason to believe their products would be more popular after hooking a generative agent up to it.

Facebook gets to take 30% of VR Chat's gross revenue (they sell premium features) on standalone and the desktop Oculus store.

Apple likely makes more profit off Roblox than Roblox.

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