Meta shutting down VR no body wants to invest in AI no body wants

[edhopper]

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/18/meta-horizon-worlds-metaverse-vr.html

[MineralMan]

1. I had forgotten about that completely.

Was it still going? I haven't heard any references to any of that VR stuff for quite some time.

Mat AI suffer the same fate, and sooner rather than later.

[BeyondGeography]

2. $80 billion later...

Some guys get all the mulligans.

[FascismIsDeath]

3. Metaverse HW is basically a multiplayer game for socializing.

And it was always really boring.

They aren't "shutting down VR". They are shutting down an app.

[edhopper]

7. The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse

Meta announced changes that effectively leave Mr. Zuckerberg’s vision of an immersive digital world based in virtual reality only on life support.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/technology/mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-vr-horizon-worlds.html?nl=the-morning&segment_id=216960

[FascismIsDeath]

8. And yet its still just talking about the stupid app.

Don't even bother trying to argue with me about this. I'm a subject matter expert. You are not.

[edhopper]

9. I am not arguing with you

the NY times is, and the experts they talked to.

[FascismIsDeath]

10. No, they aren't. You just don't understand what you're reading.

Horizon Worlds is one app among thousands.

[Pinback]

4. LOL, such a tragedy

[W_HAMILTON]

5. LOL

[OC375]

6. A.I. in a nutshell. When A.I. can no longer mine investors, the product has run its course.