return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMeta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaversewww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1192
arrow-up1192external-linkMeta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaversewww.cnbc.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareetchinghillside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 month agoWe taking bets on the next rebrand name?
minus-squarebrsrklf@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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.
minus-squarebrsrklf@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·30 days agoOh great, because billionaires shitting on Tolkien wasn’t enough.
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month 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-up7·30 days 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·edit-21 month agoAI I can call you Meta, and Meta you can call me AI. Call me AI.
minus-squareRekall Incorporated@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoDead Internet Company
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoIt’s not dead. I have elderly relatives who still use it.
minus-squareetchinghillside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days 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.