Meta Has Announced the End of the Metaverse, and I'm a Little Sad

Turns out Zuck's Metaverse really didn't have legs.

You're laughing. The metaverse is dying, and you're laughing.

Instead of hanging out with no legs, we're stuck with in AI slop purgatory.

Prediction: Pivoting Away From Metaverse Will Help Meta's Stock Long Term

Shifting from the metaverse should boost Meta's profits.

The metaverse was a $100 billion flop. It should make us think twice about AI predictions.

Reality Labs, the Meta division that hosts the project, has racked up around $75 billion in operating losses since 2020.

The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

Meta announced changes that effectively leave Mr. Zuckerberg’s vision of an immersive digital world based in virtual reality ...

Actually, Mark Zuckerberg didn't burn $80 billion on the metaverse

In 2021, Zuckerberg said Facebook was becoming a metaverse company. He's stopped saying that — but he's still putting money ...
AOL

Nobody mourns the metaverse: What went wrong with Zuckerberg's vision and what is next for VR?

The start of 2026 delivered the final nail in the coffin for the metaverse, the digital world once hailed by Mark Zuckerberg as the future of human interaction. After putting all his eggs in this ...
WFAE

What happened to VR and the metaverse?

So I was recently hanging out on a packed floor at a video game conference here in Los Angeles, when I entered this totally alternate reality. I'm surrounded by blackness but also huge company logos ...
The Financial Express

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shuts down Metaverse push, ex-employee slams leadership disconnect

Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly scaled back the metaverse initiative at Meta, with a former employee claiming the company’s ...