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Meta’s virtual reality legs video was a lie, used some mocap

Meta’s virtual reality legs video was a lie, used some mocap

Earlier this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage to demonstrateafter spending billions of dollars to create a virtual reality universe (horizon worlds) which looked like it was from 2004his company was working on upgrading this universe to make it appear as if it was from 2009 instead. Integral to this upgrade was the ...

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Facebook asks employees to use their own broken metaverse

Facebook asks employees to use their own broken metaverse

picture: Meta/Kotaku Corresponding a report from The edgemeta horizon worlds The Metaverse app is so terrible that even the people who make it don’t want to use it. So if you woke up this morning and wondered, “I wonder if anyone figured out what the Metaverse is for?” Rest assured, it still isn’t. horizon worlds ...

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8 Weird Browser Games You May Have Forgotten

8 Weird Browser Games You May Have Forgotten

Outside of the comment sections of video game websites, the worst things on the internet have happened to me Star Doll (or on other dress-up game websites such as GirlsGoGames.com and DressUpGames.com), established in 2004. Star Doll still exists as a shell of its former self as far as I can tell. The front page ...

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Mark Zuckerberg Responds to Bad Metaverse Graphic Backlash

Mark Zuckerberg Responds to Bad Metaverse Graphic Backlash

picture: Meta/Kotaku Earlier this week should be a celebratory time for the folks at Meta as his reality-devouring project horizon worlds was now available in more countries. To mark the occasion, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, personally posted a “selfie” of his in-game avatar in front of a digital Eiffel Tower. Sounds cute right? The ...

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Facebook burns  billion on VR in just a few months

Facebook burns $3 billion on VR in just a few months

picture: Kotaku/ShutterStock/Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) A metaverse full of digital worlds and avatars might come one day, but it won’t come cheap. Facebook parent company Meta has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2022, showing that the company’s for this year alone virtual reality-focused division has lost $2.96 billion so far. This ...

Zuck Bucks could be part of Facebook’s Metaverse future

Zuck Bucks could be part of Facebook’s Metaverse future

photo: Alex Wang (Getty Images) Facebook parent company Meta is reportedly planning to launch a new digital currency for the Metaverse. Internally, employees at Meta call the unannounced currency “Zuck Bucks.” These new digital dollars probably won’t be connected to any kind of blockchain, but don’t worry; Meta, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is planning ...

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Facebook is building the metaverse in Horizon Worlds, it sucks

Facebook is building the metaverse in Horizon Worlds, it sucks

screenshot: Meta/Facebook/Kotaku The Metaverse is meant to be the future, so the world is buzzing with excitement. Funnily enough, however, the notoriety of the catchphrase “futuristic” has led to it old Footage of digital worlds is exploding on social media, largely driven by the fact that no one really understands what the heck the metaverse ...