I get your point, I genuinely do. But the way the general public uses the term metaverse is to refer to Horizon, not that style of game/app in general.
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paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 day ago
VRChat is the most popular “metaverse” and it’s still growing every year.
So it’s weird to call the metaverse dead when Horizon wasn’t even in the lead among its competitors.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 21 hours ago
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
VRChat is not owned by meta, therefore not part of the meta verse.
Metaverse is not the same as VR.
Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 1 day ago
Metaverse is a (imo cringe) term for VR experiences in general, but in particular VR social experiences. Facebook changed their name to Meta specifically to try to brand themselves as the metaverse company, it wasn’t the other way around.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
No but undeniably the death of the metaverse is taking VR with it, once meta leaves the VR space it will be exclusively for enthusiasts and low quality indie games.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Disagree. Roblox and Fortnite metaverses will continue long after VR disappears.
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours ago
Valve is releasing a new headset.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
People here forget that a likely $700+ headset designed for streaming (let’s be honest we have no idea how many games will make native ports) is mostly gonna take off with VR enthusiasts. Like the Index this is an explicitly premium headset.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 7 hours ago
Good. It’ll finally have a fighting chance to be great.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
I guess VRChat will still exist but getting into VR will be very difficult
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 19 hours ago
I literally never even heard of anything associated with Horizons that wasn’t a low-quality cashgrab or some kind of scam.