return2ozma4d ago

Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse

https://lemmy.world/post/44452098

Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse - Lemmy.World

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Show threadmanxu
Is that where my friend wanted me to buy “real estate” a few years ago? He said he had gotten $200,000 invested and was going to retire once he sold… I suppose we are back to the original plan now, “Chick-Fil-A Chef Until 75”
Mar 19 at 8:10amWeb
Show threadSkyezOpen3d ago
Wait you actually know someone that fell for that? That’s nuts. I know they planned to monetize digital real estate before the metaverse even existed but I didn’t realize it actually happened.
Show threadbrsrklf3d ago

Unless it’s a part of meta horizons I didn’t know about (which is very possible, I interacted about 3 minutes with it), that particular metaverse might have been some crypto/NFT bullshit rather.

This sounds like something à la “decentraland” a.k.a cryptobros trying to sell plots in a terrible empty virtual world because some day it’ll sell for bazillions dollars, trust us.

Show threadphutatorius17h ago

sounds like something à la “decentraland” a.k.a cryptobros trying to sell plots in a terrible empty virtual world

Yeah, that makes even NFTs look like a sound investment.

Show threadbrsrklf17h ago

Well. the plots are NFTs, so it’s just a subset of it really.

Part of the so-called “web3” shit, the crypto people’s wet dream of a unified metaverse where every shitty asset is a financial investment and video games are not fun unless they’re grindy AI slop with a promised RoI.