BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 day agoLooks Like We Can Finally Kiss the Metaverse Goodbyegizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square91linkfedilinkarrow-up1294arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1291arrow-down1external-linkLooks Like We Can Finally Kiss the Metaverse Goodbyegizmodo.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square91linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71arrow-down2·1 day agoThat’s the only thing I like about this situation. That money went to the people who worked on the project.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·24 hours agoThen they all get laid off. And they lose their health insurance. And their houses get foreclosed on.
minus-squarenotgold@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·4 hours agoBut, for time they had employment and the money wasn’t going to a yacht maintenance crew and hookers
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 day agoDid it really or did it just grow market caps
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 day 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 day agoSeems unlikely that zero of that investment benefitted projects like the upcoming Steam Frame.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoHow would the Steam Frame have benefited from Meta’s funding?
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoBecause they were able to learn from the technology that was created.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoThey already had the valve index VR headset released 2 years before Meta’s metaverse became a focus in 2021
That’s the only thing I like about this situation. That money went to the people who worked on the project.
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
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