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Mark Zuckerberg Abandons Metaverse as Shiny New Toy Appears

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

To what we presume is Facebook-turned-Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's dismay, Microsoft and Disney have both begun to wind down metaverse efforts.

The Metaverse Is Completely Falling Apart

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Meta is laying off even more employees. In his announcement, CEO Mark Zuckerberg was notably mum about his favorite pet project: the metaverse.

Mark Zuckerberg Is Suddenly Weirdly Quiet About the Metaverse

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Metaverse CEO Says ChatGPT Is Speeding Up Timeline for Emulating Dead People

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Facebook's Reality Labs metaverse division lost almost $14 billion dollars last year — so why has the stock price increased?

Facebook’s Metaverse Division Lost Nearly $14 Billion Dollars Last Year

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to the people actually already working — or attempting to work — in the Meta's Horizon Worlds metaverse, there are a lot of issues.

People Forced to “Go to Work” in the Metaverse Say It’s a Complete Nightmare

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

John Carmack has quit his advisory position at Meta — and took to the social network to blast his now-ex-boss on his way out the door.

John Carmack Quits Job Building Metaverse, Blasts Facebook

By Noor Al-Sibai

The European Union investing $400k into a 24-hour metaverse "beach party," only to attract a handful of guests — who all left within the first hour.

Man Alarmed to Become Only Guest at $400,000 Metaverse Party

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

While trying to explain the pros of the metaverse, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared unable to stop hiccuping for some reason.

Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Explain Why the Metaverse Is Great, Gets Attack of the Hiccups Instead

By Noor Al-Sibai

Billy McFarland, scammer of Fyre Fest fame, wants you to invest in a not-metaverse metaverse project — and we have to say, we're confused.

The Fyre Fest Guy Is Off House Arrest and of Course His New Scheme Involves the Metaverse and Crypto

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Metaverse world Decentraland hosted its version of the real life Ozzfest metal festival, and it was about as terrible as you'd expect to be.

Ozzy Osbourne “Performed” in the Metaverse and It Was Comically Horrible

By Frank Landymore

Meta-formerly-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is steadfast in his belief in the metaverse, despite stock cratering 20 percent.

Mark Zuckerberg “Pretty Confident” About Metaverse After Stock Craters

By Victor Tangermann

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey criticized Meta-formerly-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's infamous doubling down on the metaverse.

Founder of VR Company That Facebook Bought Roasts Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

By Victor Tangermann

A powerful Meta-Formerly-Facebook investor has some advice to get his company's mojo back — but it's doubtful that Mark Zuckerberg wants to hear it.

Facebook Investor Warns Zuckerberg That Metaverse Investments Are “Terrifying”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Watch out for Slotie, a "metaverse casino" that was just issued an emergency cease-and-desist order by four different US states.

Shockingly, This NFT Metaverse Casino Is Already in Big Trouble

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Internal Meta documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal revealed that most Horizon Worlds users don't return to the metaverse after a month of use.

Leak: Most Facebook Metaverse Users Have Quit in a Month

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Say It Ain’t So! Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Legs Were Apparently Staged

By Victor Tangermann

Mark Zuckerberg’s New and Improved Metaverse Avatar Still Looks Like Crap

By Noor Al-Sibai

Meta advisor John Carmack is "grumpy" about the current state of Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse, as he explained at Facebook-turned-Meta's Connect 2022.

Top Facebook Consultant Admits That the Metaverse Is Absolutely Terrible

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

At Connect 2022, Facebook-turned-Meta Mark Zuckerberg and a fellow metaverse exec both appeared as their new, legged avatars. But only they had legs.

Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Maybe Has Legs Now, but Apparently Only for Executives

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Metaverse project Decentraland, a sandbox environment that allows users to buy and sell virtual real estate, isn't exactly teeming with people.

$1.2 Billion Metaverse Horrified by Report It Only Had 38 Active Users

By Victor Tangermann

One revelation from Facebook-slash-Meta's Connect? Soon, the metaverse will be a space where we can betray those closest to us. Hell yeah.

Facebook Exec Says Metaverse Will Let you Betray Your Friends in VR

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Some Facebook execs have threatened to actively monitor Meta employee use of Horizon Worlds, which employees reportedly, uh, weren't using.

Facebook Employees Seem Completely Confused by the Metaverse

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Mark Zuckerberg's push to make Facebook's Horizon Worlds metaverse platform the next big thing isn't convincing even its own developers.

Facebook Leak: Metaverse So Glitchy Not Even Employees Use It

By Frank Landymore

Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse project has been universally panned as a bad joke. And now, Apple CEO Tim Cook says he's also not convinced.

CEO of Apple Appears to Casually Diss Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

By Frank Landymore

If you happen to have $7.77 million on hand, you can buy yourself a coveted slice of Alpha City land — by purchasing a real-world Miami Shores villa.

This $7.7 Million Miami Mansion Comes With a Metaverse “Twin”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Brands Say Everybody’s Wrong, Actually the Metaverse Looks Great

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Eminem and Snoop Dogg took to the stage at this year's MTV Music Video Awards (MVAs) to perform their hit single "From the D 2 the LBC," a NFT-laden anthem.

Snoop Dogg Did a Song in the “Metaverse” and His Bling Kept Clipping Through His Torso

By Victor Tangermann

Cursed Filter Turns Anyone Into Metaverse Mark Zuckerberg

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

People Bullied Mark Zuckerberg So Much That He’s Improving the Metaverse Graphics

By Victor Tangermann

Meet me in the metaverse. Virtual reality dating is here, and as The New York Times reports, it's growing — and frankly, it sounds, uh, super weird.

People Are Going on Dates in the Metaverse and It Sounds Very Strange

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Zuckerberg’s Lifeless Metaverse Avatar Is Comically Different From the One He Advertised

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

There's no way to sugarcoat it. Facebook-turned-Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse — into which Meta has been pouring billions — bot unfathomably bad.

Wave of Criticism Hits Zuckerberg’s Metaverse for Looking Like Crap

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a cringey video shared by Facebook parent company Meta's VR department on Twitter, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's hands look very strange.

New Metaverse Vid Makes Zuckerberg’s Hands Look Super Strange

By Victor Tangermann

He dropped $18,000 on the Khorum Coast, a virtual property found in Entropia Universe, saying he hopes to see a return on his investment in just four years.

Man Uses Life Savings to Buy Nonexistent Metaverse Land

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A United Arab Emirates’ official warned that committing serious crimes including "murder" should be made illegal in the metaverse.

UAE Official Says Murder Should Be Illegal in the Metaverse

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook's dream of the metaverse is as incoherent as ever, following an 8,000 word essay posted by Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta.

In Extremely Confusing Twist, Facebook Says It Isn’t Building a Metaverse After All

By Victor Tangermann

It looks like the Facebook Metaverse gambit may be showing more signs of implosion.

Facebook Reportedly Already Running Out of Money for Metaverse

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new report states Mark Zuckerberg is obsessed with devloping Facebook's metaverse products and contents and is sowing internal chaos.

Facebook Employees Say Mark Zuckerberg Is Weirdly Obsessed With the Metaverse

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Facebook has announced plans to monetize its Metaverse — and creators are extremely irate at how large a cut the company intends to take.

Zuckerberg Dogpiled Over Plans to Monetize the Metaverse

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Japanese startup wants you to be able to feel pain inside the metaverse through a wristband that electrically stimulates its wearer's muscles.

Startup Says Its Tech Can Inflict Actual Pain in the Metaverse

By Victor Tangermann

Heineken released a virtual beer in the metaverse and served edible gold and lobster, but one writer who attended wasn't impressed.

Heineken’s Metaverse Event Was So Awful, Even Tabloids Want Out

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A group of users on the metaverse platform VRChat have created a police force to question, arrest, and occasionally frame other users for crimes.

VR Cops Brag About Planting Fake Evidence in Metaverse While Disguised as Underage Girls

By Tony Ho Tran

A decades-old metaverse is introducing sales tax for the first time since its inception nearly 20 years ago, setting a precedent for taxation in the many burgeoning metaverses.

Uh Oh: The Metaverse Is Already Being Slammed by Sales Tax

By Noor Al-Sibai

Mark Zuckerberg has a newsflash for us all: the Metaverse is less of a place than a point in time.

Mark Zuckerberg Gives Galaxy-Brained Explanation of Metaverse’s Impending Singularity

By Noor Al-Sibai

A researcher posing as a 13-year-old child was able to gain access to a virtual strip club via a metaverse app called VRChat.

Turns Out It’s Really Easy for Kids to Visit Sex Clubs in the Metaverse

By Tony Ho Tran

Fans Say the Foo Fighters’ Metaverse Concert Was A Total Disaster

Fans Say the Foo Fighters’ Metaverse Concert Was A Total Disaster

By Noor Al-Sibai

Child safety experts are sounding the alarm on the metaverse saying that it will attract sexual predators preying on kids using apps such as Horizon Worlds.

Experts Warn of Child Predators in Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

By Tony Ho Tran

Renowned public speaker and NYU marketing professor Scott Galloway ripped Meta and Mark Zuckerberg in an interview after stock prices fell drastically.

Famous Marketing Professor Calls Facebook’s Metaverse a “Flaming Bag of S**t”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A clip uploaded by NFT enthusiast and blockchain CTO Alex Moss purportedly shows a "live rave" taking place inside Meta's VR playground for adults.

Metaverse “Rave” Shows People Standing Perfectly Still With Zero Energy

By Victor Tangermann

Some folks are worried Meta and Mark Zuckerberg might have ulterior motives in the Metaverse. Here's a roundup of excellent Metaverse memes.

The Most Brutal Memes About How the Metaverse Will Trap Us in a Human Meat Farm

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Phil Libin, founder of note-taking app Evernote who grew up in the Soviet Union, says that Meta's Metaverse is like communist propaganda.

CEO Born in Soviet Russia Says Metaverse Is Just Like Communist Propaganda

By Victor Tangermann

One futurist believes that “a large proportion of people will be in the metaverse in some way” and will live most of their lives "jacked in" by 2030

Expert Says People Will Soon Live Entire Lives in Metaverse

By Tony Ho Tran

Meta announced a slate of big name virtual reality concerts set to take place entirely in the metaverse last month — and nobody seemed to notice.

Facebook Hosted Three Huge Concerts in the Metaverse and They Seriously Flopped

By Tony Ho Tran

In an interview with conservative Christian satire website The Babylon Bee, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a stab at the concept of the Metaverse.

Elon Musk Says the Metaverse Sucks and Neuralink Will Be Better

By Victor Tangermann

Meta's virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds has barely made it out to the public and beta testers are already being sexually harassed.

Sexual Assault Is Already Happening in the Metaverse

By Victor Tangermann

Philip Rosedale, the founder of the virtual world “Second Life,” who recently spoke to Time about his insights on building metaverses.

Creator of “Second Life” Issues Warnings for Those Building Metaverses

By Tony Ho Tran

Somebody paid roughly $650,000 in ethereum for an NFT yacht sold by developer Republic Realm in the metaverse platform The Sandbox.

Someone Paid $650,000 for a Nonexistent Yacht in the Metaverse

By Tony Ho Tran

The "land" purchased is located in Decentraland's Fashion Street district and paid 618,000 MANA, an Ethereum-based token used as currency in Decentraland.

Plot of Metaverse “Land” Sells for $2.4 Million

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A handy guide to talking about the metaverse with your friends, parents, and weird cousins this Thanksgiving at the table.

How to Talk to Your Family About the Metaverse

By Tony Ho Tran

The CEO behind "Pokemon Go" believes that the metaverse is going to be a dystopian nightmare — but wants to help people build a better version of it.

Pokémon Go Creator Fears “Dystopian Nightmare” Metaverse

By Tony Ho Tran

An innovator in early AR systems has a dire prediction: the metaverse could destroy reality as we know it.

AR Pioneer Warns That Metaverse Could Make “Reality Disappear”

By Tony Ho Tran

A top VR developer at Facebook sounds like he's not entirely on board with the company's refocus on the metaverse -- and his remarks were interesting.

Facebook’s Top VR Expert Seems Pretty Annoyed by Metaverse Push

By Jon Christian

Facebook hardware insiders told The New York Times tech reporter Mike Isaac that "this is going to take a long time, i.e. breakthroughs in physics, etc."

Facebook Hardware Devs Reportedly Skeptical of Metaverse

By Victor Tangermann