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Mark Zuckerberg's $80 billion metaverse endeavor officially scrapped: 'Sometimes we get things wrong'

"They glommed on to the term 'metaverse' without really understanding the concept." Mark Zuckerberg's $80 billion Metaverse ...

Prediction: Pivoting Away From Metaverse Will Help Meta's Stock Long Term

Shifting from the metaverse should boost Meta's profits.

Meta Has Announced the End of the Metaverse, and I'm a Little Sad

Turns out Zuck's Metaverse really didn't have legs.

You're laughing. The metaverse is dying, and you're laughing.

Instead of hanging out with no legs, we're stuck with in AI slop purgatory.

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 ...
AOL

Nobody mourns the metaverse: What went wrong with Zuckerberg's vision and what is next for VR?

The start of 2026 delivered the final nail in the coffin for the metaverse, the digital world once hailed by Mark Zuckerberg as the future of human interaction. After putting all his eggs in this ...
Opinion

Actually, Mark Zuckerberg didn't burn $80 billion on the metaverse

In 2021, Zuckerberg said Facebook was becoming a metaverse company. He's stopped saying that — but he's still putting money into metaverse-y things.
WFAE

What happened to VR and the metaverse?

So I was recently hanging out on a packed floor at a video game conference here in Los Angeles, when I entered this totally alternate reality. I'm surrounded by blackness but also huge company logos ...
Forbes

Metaverse Alive And Well In 3D Games

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A former tech executive covering AI, XR and The Metaverse for Forbes. With Crypto back in the news, interest in the Metaverse, ...