Mark Zuckerberg exposed on Tuesday how Meta is diving deeper and deeper into the black mines of the metaverse, trying to mine digital gold.

Zuckerberg revealed a $1,500 Oculus Pro headset, as much as a PS5, Xbox Series X, and Quest 2 combined, and some updates to the look of avatars and the integration of commercial Microsoft products.

When your most significant announcement is the fact that after years and years of investment, you are about to debut virtual characters with legs, something has gone wrong.

The whole problem with Mark Zuckerberg’s fascination with the metaverse is that he’s trying to force a sci-fi reality on it long before the rest of society wants or needs it to actually exist. An AR/VR based metaverse’s version of him…