return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoMeta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaversewww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square41linkfedilink
minus-squareetchinghillside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·4 days agoWe taking bets on the next rebrand name?
minus-squareetchinghillside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoSlathered in sweet baby rays bbq sauce.
minus-squarebrsrklf@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days 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-up4·3 days agoOh great, because billionaires shitting on Tolkien wasn’t enough.
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days 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-up7·3 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-24 days agoAI I can call you Meta, and Meta you can call me AI. Call me AI.
minus-squareRekall Incorporated@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoDead Internet Company
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoIt’s not dead. I have elderly relatives who still use it.
minus-squareDeacon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·4 days agoIt’s like tattooing your new girlfriend’s name on your ass.
minus-squareYaksPT@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days agoMore like tattooing that name on your face.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoMore like tattooing her ass on your face, and everyone in the bar nodding and saying “Been there, won’t be going back.”
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days ago“Hi im <girlfriends name>'s boyfriend. No no that is my legal name.” Behavoir
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We taking bets on the next rebrand name?
Meatverse?
Slathered in sweet baby rays bbq sauce.
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
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”
Nothing But Bots ™️
AI
I can call you Meta, and Meta you can call me AI. Call me AI.
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Dead Internet Company
It’s not dead. I have elderly relatives who still use it.
It’s like tattooing your new girlfriend’s name on your ass.
More like tattooing that name on your face.
More like tattooing her ass on your face, and everyone in the bar nodding and saying “Been there, won’t be going back.”
“Hi im <girlfriends name>'s boyfriend. No no that is my legal name.” Behavoir