A man experiences a virtual reality headset during the Dubai Metaverse Assembly at the Emirates Towers, in Dubai on September 28. Photo: AP
A man experiences a virtual reality headset during the Dubai Metaverse Assembly at the Emirates Towers, in Dubai on September 28. Photo: AP
John Mac Ghlionn
Opinion

Opinion

John Mac Ghlionn

The metaverse has failed? It never even took off

  • Meta’s big bet on the ‘next chapter of the internet’ has not paid off, while Microsoft has dismantled its Industrial Metaverse Core Team and Tencent no longer plans to make the hardware. What went wrong?

A man experiences a virtual reality headset during the Dubai Metaverse Assembly at the Emirates Towers, in Dubai on September 28. Photo: AP
A man experiences a virtual reality headset during the Dubai Metaverse Assembly at the Emirates Towers, in Dubai on September 28. Photo: AP
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