return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMeta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaversewww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down12
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-linkMeta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaversewww.cnbc.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squareetchinghillside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 months agoWe taking bets on the next rebrand name?
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minus-squarebrsrklf@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoSince there is still nothing actually worth calling “metaverse” as the sci-fi concept it was promised to be, they might go for something around AGI.
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minus-squarebrsrklf@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoOh great, because billionaires shitting on Tolkien wasn’t enough.
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoI’m going to guess they’ll keep it and justify it as “metadata”. Like the metadata of it’s users that it sells
minus-squarekat_angstrom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIt was “Meta”, but now they’re going all-in on AI, so they’ll probably want to go “MetAI” except that it’s lame and so are all the other various portmanteaus, so they’ll pivot to something inexplicable and wild like “Everything” or “AllAI”
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAI I can call you Meta, and Meta you can call me AI. Call me AI.
minus-squareRekall Incorporated@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoDead Internet Company
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s not dead. I have elderly relatives who still use it.
minus-squareetchinghillside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoSlathered in sweet baby rays bbq sauce.
We taking bets on the next rebrand name?
AI
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Since there is still nothing actually worth calling “metaverse” as the sci-fi concept it was promised to be, they might go for something around AGI.
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Oh great, because billionaires shitting on Tolkien wasn’t enough.
I’m going to guess they’ll keep it and justify it as “metadata”. Like the metadata of it’s users that it sells
Nothing But Bots ™️
It was “Meta”, but now they’re going all-in on AI, so they’ll probably want to go “MetAI” except that it’s lame and so are all the other various portmanteaus, so they’ll pivot to something inexplicable and wild like “Everything” or “AllAI”
AI
I can call you Meta, and Meta you can call me AI. Call me AI.
Dead Internet Company
It’s not dead. I have elderly relatives who still use it.
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Meatverse?
Slathered in sweet baby rays bbq sauce.