{"id":10089,"date":"2023-05-21T09:38:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T07:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/21\/mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-vision-is-over-can-apple-save-it\/"},"modified":"2023-05-21T09:38:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T07:38:58","slug":"mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-vision-is-over-can-apple-save-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/21\/mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-vision-is-over-can-apple-save-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s metaverse vision is over. Can Apple save it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CEO of the social media giant has spent billions on his virtual reality dream \u2013 and still no one understands the idea. Now the world\u2019s richest firm could change the game<\/p>\n<p>In Meta\u2019s quarterly earnings call in April, chief executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/mark-zuckerberg\" title=\"\">Mark Zuckerberg <\/a>was on the defensive. The metaverse, the vision of a globe-spanning virtual reality that he had literally bet his multibillion-dollar empire on creating, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/commentisfree\/2023\/may\/13\/death-of-mark-zuckerberg-metaverse-meta-facebook-virtual-reality-ai\" title=\"\">had been usurped<\/a> as the new hot thing by the growing hype around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/artificialintelligenceai\" title=\"\">artificial intelligence<\/a> (AI).<\/p>\n<p>Critics had even noticed Meta itself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/may\/11\/meta-artificial-intelligence-metaverse-mark-zuckerberg\" title=\"\">changing its tune<\/a>, highlighting the difference between a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/nov\/09\/mark-zuckerberg-meta-to-sack-11000-workers-after-revenue-collapse-facebook-instagram\" title=\"\">November statement <\/a>from Zuckerberg, in which he described the project as a \u201chigh-priority growth area\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/mar\/14\/mark-zuckerberg-meta-layoffs-hiring-freeze\" title=\"\">a March note<\/a> that instead focused on how \u201cadvancing AI\u201d was the company\u2019s \u201csingle largest investment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/may\/21\/mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-vision-is-over-can-apple-save-it\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fa89b2294adb8c59cda11369c0dd64e51ff432ba\/0_12_5948_3570\/master\/5948.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=3185d0188fdb4ff0bc4fb9cdb1bdae8a\" title=\"Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s metaverse vision is over. Can Apple save it?\" \/>The CEO of the social media giant has spent billions on his virtual reality dream \u2013 and still no one understands the idea. Now the world\u2019s richest firm could change the game<br \/>\nIn Meta\u2019s quarterly earnings call in April, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was on the defensive. The metaverse, the vision of a globe-spanning virtual reality that he had literally bet his multibillion-dollar empire on creating, had been usurped as the new hot thing by the growing hype around artificial intelligence (AI).<br \/>\nCritics had even noticed Meta itself changing its tune, highlighting the difference between a November statement from Zuckerberg, in which he described the project as a \u201chigh-priority growth area\u201d and a March note that instead focused on how \u201cadvancing AI\u201d was the company\u2019s \u201csingle largest investment\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CEO of the social media giant has spent billions on his virtual reality dream \u2013 and still no one understands the idea. Now the world\u2019s richest firm could change the game In Meta\u2019s quarterly earnings call in April, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was on the defensive. The metaverse, the vision of a globe-spanning virtual &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/21\/mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-vision-is-over-can-apple-save-it\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s metaverse vision is over. 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