While everyone’s attention is currently focused on Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, it bears repeating that this is the worst place Meta/Facebook has been in for a long time, driven in part by the relentless pursuit of Mark Zuckerberg of his vision of the metaverse, science fiction. concept that after eight years of investment and billions of dollars, it seems to be perhaps 2% away from reaching the goal.

At this point, I don’t see a way forward for Meta’s VR-powered metaverse. No amount of avatar facial tracking or better graphics or even legs will solve the deep, core experience problems of places like Horizon Workrooms or Horizon Worlds, the metaverse’s core apps for business and pleasure that are terribly ugly, barely functional, and brooding. ..