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The only good thing about 'AI' is that no-one is talking about the fucking metaverse anymore... (feddit.uk)
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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It wasn't a fictional internet, but a 3D VR world.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In the books, yes. It didn't exist IRL, and a poorly as it was done, FB's metaverse was (is?) a real product.

Facebook/Meta has never had an original idea; I'm not trying to give them credit for anything. There were other VR "worlds" before FB's (Sony's, for example, which was also a failure).

I just found out that Steve Jackson Games actually owns the trademark to the name "Metaverse." I'll bet that drove Zuck nuts.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

So you mean we have to make a FOSS one now :-) ?