Comment on Meta is closing down three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 4 weeks agoDid he say he named it for that? Bc I can totally believe he has no idea what Snow Crash is.
Comment on Meta is closing down three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 4 weeks agoDid he say he named it for that? Bc I can totally believe he has no idea what Snow Crash is.
BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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.