Comment on Meta is closing down three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts
BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 22 hours agoI’ve always appreciated that they stole the name from Snow Crash. Like Zuck completely unironically named his company after a technological dystopian hellscape infected with a virus that destroys people’s brains. Honestly, I don’t think there’s a better name for Facebook.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 20 hours ago
Did he say he named it for that? Bc I can totally believe he has no idea what Snow Crash is.
BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I mean, Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” to reference a virtual world not limited to gaming but to all kinds of business and commerce and social interactions.
Zuck’s concept for the metaverse was basically the same thing. I’d be surprised if the connection wasn’t intentional.