Mark was 100% right to bet that software would eat more of the physical world, including the office environment. He was wrong about the timeline and also to assume software would need to emulate the physical world in order to replace it.
The metaverse is dying, but WFH is not. Even despite RTO mandates, office occupancy is not meaningfully increasing.
Cities will continue their slow economic declines due to office-job outflows. So perhaps as urban quality of life decreases people will look to the virtual world for escapism like they did during the pandemic.
I remember it being kind of popular like back in 2021 and then it just didn’t take off or do anything I thought it was a terrible deal to begin with because who would want to live in a virtual world that’s awful
I guess tech CEOs aren't always right. Whodathunkit?
"lost more than $70 billion since the start of 2021, Bloomberg reported", nice job Zuck. Zero accountability must be fun!
Mark was 100% right to bet that software would eat more of the physical world, including the office environment. He was wrong about the timeline and also to assume software would need to emulate the physical world in order to replace it.
The metaverse is dying, but WFH is not. Even despite RTO mandates, office occupancy is not meaningfully increasing.
Cities will continue their slow economic declines due to office-job outflows. So perhaps as urban quality of life decreases people will look to the virtual world for escapism like they did during the pandemic.
Was it ever popular though
Yeah it was
No it wasnt wtf you talking about. It’s sucked from idea to being a thing.
I remember it being kind of popular like back in 2021 and then it just didn’t take off or do anything I thought it was a terrible deal to begin with because who would want to live in a virtual world that’s awful