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Das Metaverse ist tot, es lebe… die Smartphone-App. Meta stellt Horizon Worlds in VR ein – nach Milliardenverlusten und eher dünnem Besucherandrang. Offenbar wollten weniger Menschen in Parallelwelten leben als gedacht. Wer hätte das ahnen können. #Meta #Metaverse

Wenn Meta solche Zukunftsprojekte einfach einstellt... wer sagt uns, dass die Milliardeninvestitionen in Rechenzentren nicht auch in 5 Jahren abgeschrieben werden? https://www.heise.de/news/Meta-zieht-den-Stecker-VR-Unterstuetzun…

Meta zieht Stecker: Metaverse-Plattform verabschiedet sich aus der VR
Metas Metaverse-Plattform Horizon Worlds soll auf Smartphones weiterleben. Die VR-Version wird im Sommer eingestellt.

RIP Metaverse

The metaverse VR (legless virtual reality environment by Meta) will be shut down on June 15. https://communityforums.atmeta.com/blog/AnnouncementsBlog/updates-to-your-meta-quest-experience-in-2026/1369435
Metas Realit…

Meta says Quest users will lose access to Meta Horizon Worlds on the headsets on June 15; access will continue on the Meta Horizon mobile app (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-17/meta-to-disc…

Going all-in on the Metaverse.

Nach Metas Kurswechsel: So geht es weiter mit dem Metaverse
Reality-Labs-Chef Andrew Bosworth sprach diese Woche zum ersten Mal über die Einschnitte in der VR-Sparte und erläuterte Metas neuen Metaverse-Kurs.

just found out this exists 💩
https://identitymanagementinstitute.org/cmsc-web3-security-certification/

Metaverse: Meta verschiebt Fokus auf Hardware-Entwicklung
Meta hält an der VR-Sparte fest und will künftig stärker in neue Hardware investieren. Die Verkäufe von Smart Glasses haben sich derweil mehr als verdreifacht.

A Western Sydney council, Fairfield City, has been completely pwned by ransomware. It has been granted an injunction to stop people publishing stolen data, as well as a suppression order over details, including the council's communications with the hackers.
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Meta's Metaverse is dead, Western Sydney city council hacked and satellite image providers pressured
Plus: Kagi will translate LinkedIn speak, or Australian, or, really, anything

Reality Labs lost $80B , but it still makes all of Meta's hardware, and reflects Mark Zuckerberg's desire to run a business without Google or Apple as middlemen (Peter Kafka/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-mark-zuckerber…

Meta and Mark Zuckerberg didn't lose $80 billion on the metaverse
In 2021, Zuckerberg said Facebook was becoming a metaverse company. He's stopped saying that — but he's still putting money into metaverse-y things.

Vom Metaverse zur KI-Offensive: Mark Zuckerberg will Feeds, die nicht nur zeigen, sondern erzeugen. Du tippst einen Prompt, bekommst eine Welt – am besten gleich durch die Brille betrachtet. Social Media wird zur Bühne, auf der die KI Regie führt. Eintritt künftig wohl mit Abo. Meta bleibt sich treu: Visionär im Geschäftsmodell, blind für Verantwortung.
#Meta

Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI as the new social media
During Meta’s Q4 2025 earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he believes AI will be the next big social media format, making feeds “more immersive and interactive.”

The People Left Behind by the Metaverse https://www.404media.co/the-people-left-behind-by-the-metaverse/

Guten Morgen! Bei der Sonne da draussen werdet ihr nicht glauben, dass schon wieder Dienstag und damit #DNIPBriefing-Tag ist!
1️⃣ Metas KI-Brillen haben sich, auch wenn der Metaverse-Trend vorbei ist, in 2025 gut verkauft, über 7 Millionen Stück fanden den Weg zu zahlungswilligen Kunden. Bedenken zum Datenschutz versuchte Meta mit klaren Aussagen auf der zugehörigen Datenschutz-Seite…

from my link log —
The metaverse: Neal Stephenson’s prodigal brainchild.
https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/my-prodigal-brainchild
saved 2026-03-25

My Prodigal Brainchild
Reflections on the latest and greatest Death of the Metaverse

Meta says it is "explicitly separating" Quest VR from its Worlds platform, making Worlds "almost exclusively mobile", letting it better compete with Roblox (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/881647/meta-vr-mobile-metaverse-ho…

Meta’s VR metaverse is ditching VR
Meta is shifting its Horizon Worlds strategy to make the platform “almost exclusively” for mobile while separating Quest VR from it.

Behind the Blog: Marathon and the Metaverse https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-marathon-and-the-metaverse/

heise | Meta Quest ohne Meta: So installieren Sie Software per Sideloading
Das Metaverse ist tot, lang lebe die Meta Quest! So installieren Sie neue Software auf Ihrem VR-Headset – auch ohne den Horizon Store.

Mark Zuckerberg's original metaverse vision is effectively over, after renaming Facebook to Meta and spending ~$80B on the endeavor, as his focus shifts to AI (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/202…

The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse
Meta announced changes that effectively leave Mr. Zuckerberg’s vision of an immersive digital world based in virtual reality only on life support.

"The same week that #OpenAI announced the imminent shutdown of Sora, its splashiest showcase for #AI, #Meta announced the shutdown of its splashiest showcase for the metaverse."
Brian the Merc…

AI's aesthetics of failure
On the demise of Sora and our enduring revulsion to AI slop

[sitting in my VRML-generated Java Applet that floats through the Metaverse, powered by Flash and Silverlight]
AI is here to stay!

Skins gegen Geld? Da war Meta wohl zu lange mit Metaverse. 🤭
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11201250

RIP Metaverse, an $80 Billion Dumpster Fire Nobody Wanted https://www.404media.co/rip-metaverse-an-80-billion-dumpster-fire-nobody-wanted/

Sora and Metaverse going down inside a week, I guess I’ll allow it

> I would ask the rhetorical question: “do you really think that twenty years from now everyone is still going to be going around all day staring at little rectangles in their hands?” At the time it seemed obvious to me that the answer was no.
> Reader, I have changed my mind.
https://nealstephens…

My Prodigal Brainchild
Reflections on the latest and greatest Death of the Metaverse

Neal Stephenson says he no longer believes head-mounted displays are the future, citing public discomfort with the devices and a general distrust of the users (Neal Stephenson/Graphomane)
https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/my-prodigal-brainchild

My Prodigal Brainchild
Reflections on the latest and greatest Death of the Metaverse

Podcast: The Company Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into Podcasts https://www.404media.co/podcast-the-company-secretly-turning-your-zoom-meetings-into-podcasts/