THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE METAVERSE.
The article examines the failure of Meta’s Horizon Worlds, a virtual reality (VR) metaverse project heavily funded by Mark Zuckerberg’s company, Meta, which invested over $80 billion before scaling back its VR ambitions in 2026. Despite promises of a persistent, interconnected digital world with use...
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