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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
VRChat is not owned by meta, therefore not part of the meta verse.
Metaverse is not the same as VR.
Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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.
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Valve is releasing a new headset.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks 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.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
I literally never even heard of anything associated with Horizons that wasn’t a low-quality cashgrab or some kind of scam.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Disagree. Roblox and Fortnite metaverses will continue long after VR disappears.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Good. It’ll finally have a fighting chance to be great.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I guess VRChat will still exist but getting into VR will be very difficult