Meta shuts down Metaverse after $80 billion loss, ends Horizon Worlds era

https://techstartups.com/2026/03/18/meta-shuts-down-metaverse-after-80-billion-loss-ends-horizon-worlds-era/

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trashboat@piefed.social · 17 pts · 169d (1 reply)

Great, thanks for buying oculus and turning it into a massive POS

wizzor@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 169d

This is the biggest loss in this debacle.

Oculus had the traction and promise to become the steam deck for virtual reality, but after Meta tried to zuckify it into a platform business we have nothing to show for it, except perhaps the extremely humanlike avatar.

It was an enshittification speedrun.

HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 169d

What an idiot

xerxes@piefed.social · 5 pts · 169d (1 reply)

What a loss. How will I ever move on with my life.

NachBarcelona@piefed.social · 4 pts · 169d

There's always Second Life.

Abrinoxus@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 169d (2 replies)

wtf is the metaverse even

NachBarcelona@piefed.social · 6 pts · 169d (1 reply)

Something something Ready Player One bullshit with nothing interesting in it, except for feeling your wallet getting lighter.

Abrinoxus@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 168d

i hate player one