A year later, Zuckerberg's Metaverse vision remains a long way off


Mark Zuckerberg's dreams of virtual reality have been given a reality check. Building the so-called Metaverse takes time and is burning through a lot of money. A year after his big announcement, Zuckerberg has little to show, and yet he doesn't seem close to stopping. — Photo: Andre M. Chang/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

WASHINGTON: When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shifted his company's focus towards virtual worlds a year ago and gave the company the new name Meta, he didn't spare any superlatives.

"We are convinced that the Metaverse will be the successor to the mobile internet," he proclaimed.

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