Critics and techies weren’t the only people disappointed by Goalthe new $1,500 virtual reality headset. Mark Zuckerberg himself was too.

In an interview published Tuesday with The Verge, Zuckerberg said virtual reality, the technology his entire $340 billion company bet on a year ago, is entering “the valley of disillusionment.” That’s a term that people in the tech industry like to use when enthusiasm for a new technology dwindles dramatically.

Your feedback effectively places expectations for the success of the new Meta Quest Pro, due out on October 25, at almost zero. In the…