RIP Metaverse, an $80 Billion Dumpster Fire Nobody Wanted
I was a Second Life enthusiast and I still believe something metaverse-ish might prove powerful. But Zuckerberg’s vision was dead wrong.
The complete and utter failure of the metaverse is a reminder not just of the fact that the future Silicon Valley is force feeding us is not inevitable, but that quite often these oligarchs quite simply cannot relate to real people, don’t know how or why people use their products, and very often have no idea what they’re doing.