My sad, lonely, expensive adventures in Zuckerberg’s virtual reality

Horizon Worlds has little to show for the billions spent on the metaverse

Meta’s big spending might make sense if it were using the money to subsidize the cost of its VR headsets. PHOTO: AFP / HANDOUT / META CONNECT
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Where is all the money going?

Meta, the corporation formerly known as Facebook, has been investing staggering sums in what it calls “the metaverse”, the virtual reality wonderland that Mr Mark Zuckerberg argues represents the future of human connection.

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