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minus-squarewitty_username@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up20·3 days agoThey may have realised that they didn’t want to compete with second life anymore
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoI think the closest thing they’d be competing with is VRChat and that’s a whole other can of worms
minus-squareMojoMcJojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoThey were competing with people who didn’t want to strap a screen to their face. Now it looks like they’re competing for world domination
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoAh true, they wanted it for everyone else who wasn’t already in VRChat
minus-squareIsaamoonKHGDT_6143@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoIf it still exists, but it is in its niche like virtual reality
minus-squareZDL@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoAren’t they big enough to just buy Second Life and have a full, already-working “metaverse” waiting for them?
minus-squareBudgetBandit@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·3 days agoSecond Life is privately owned, just like Steam/Valve. Meta can’t just buy them - and this is good.
minus-squareZDL@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoNever underestimate the power of backing up a dump truck filled with cash and tipping it onto the front yard of someone you’re trying to buy.
They may have realised that they didn’t want to compete with second life anymore
I think the closest thing they’d be competing with is VRChat and that’s a whole other can of worms
They were competing with people who didn’t want to strap a screen to their face.
Now it looks like they’re competing for world domination
Ah true, they wanted it for everyone else who wasn’t already in VRChat
It still exists?
If it still exists, but it is in its niche like virtual reality
Aren’t they big enough to just buy Second Life and have a full, already-working “metaverse” waiting for them?
Second Life is privately owned, just like Steam/Valve. Meta can’t just buy them - and this is good.
Never underestimate the power of backing up a dump truck filled with cash and tipping it onto the front yard of someone you’re trying to buy.