r/augmentedreality • u/AR_MR_XR • Oct 07 '24

Where have all the Chief Metaverse Officers gone? Fun

https://www.wired.com/story/where-have-all-the-chief-metaverse-officers-gone/
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u/Negative_Paramedic Oct 07 '24

They went to take over their competition and run it into the ground…or just extract as much from the company as possible to send back to Zuck

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u/AR_MR_XR Oct 07 '24

The Metaverse hype was great entertainment. The attention shifted away from AR during that time. Then AI came. And now AR is cool again. Until the next hype of whatever. And people will add whatever to the growing list of topics they are experts in :D

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u/CraftBulky1309 Oct 07 '24

lol yeap… a ton of LinkedIn titles shifted away from “XR/Metaverse” towards “AI”… probably felt this more than most as I have been around that ecosystem for a while

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u/Top_Caterpillar_1334 Oct 08 '24

Ai sucks it wil never get hyped again ar tho thats the future

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u/evilbarron2 Oct 07 '24

Why do people - and especially tech journalists - have such an incredibly difficult time separating hype and bubbles from useful and real trends?

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u/CraftBulky1309 Oct 07 '24

And they add gas…

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u/PyroRampage Oct 07 '24

Because most journalists suck

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u/No_Courage631 Oct 09 '24

Lol trends change. Businesses chase trends.

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u/Knighthonor Oct 07 '24

The metaverse stuff didn't live to the hype because meta showed off the Horizon World avatars out the gate. First impressions are everything. They should have been had the Codec Avatars as a focus like Apple did.

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u/xyzzzzy Oct 07 '24

Yeah people don't get that we will still end up in the metaverse, it just won't be Facebook's metaverse, and thanks to them ruining the branding it won't be called the metaverse either.