Mark Zuckerberg, the metaverse, and me: Horizon Worlds, reviewed.
2 years, 3 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg, the metaverse, and me: Horizon Worlds, reviewed.

Slate  

About a month ago, I found myself suddenly out of work. It was then that a beacon of light punctured the doldrums of my unemployment: this picture of “Mark Zuckerberg” visiting “the Eiffel Tower” and “La Basílica De La Sagrada Família” in the so-called metaverse, specifically his company’s Horizon Worlds app. “Mark Zuckerberg’s” smooth, weird face and dead green eyes beckoned to me. In one world called Party House, “Barbie Girl” by Aqua was blaring, and people I couldn’t see were having a loud conversation I had trouble following. The overall vibe of Horizon Worlds was a nightclub for video game characters from 20 years ago, like Who Framed Roger Rabbit’s Toontown for the turn of the millennium.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse buffers as Meta shares burn
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Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse buffers as Meta shares burn

The Hindu  

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Meta’s flagship Horizon Worlds app is plagued by bugs: report
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Meta’s flagship Horizon Worlds app is plagued by bugs: report

The Hindu  

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Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse demo of Horizon Worlds looks so crappy for a reason.
2 years, 4 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse demo of Horizon Worlds looks so crappy for a reason.

Slate  

To hear it from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in just a few years the entire world will be able to step inside a virtual-reality utopia where they can live their best lives. The graphics look like they came out of a computer game developed in 1997. pic.twitter.com/KuGMBMF3O1 — Chris Bakke August 17, 2022 I JUST realized that the entire reason …

Here’s what it’s like inside Meta’s virtual world
3 years ago

Here’s what it’s like inside Meta’s virtual world

CNN  

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Facebook opens Horizon Worlds VR app to public, inches close to metaverse
3 years ago

Facebook opens Horizon Worlds VR app to public, inches close to metaverse

India Today  

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Meta officially launches its Horizon Worlds metaverse app
3 years ago

Meta officially launches its Horizon Worlds metaverse app

Daily Mail  

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