There is a slight chill in the air and the leaves are changing. What does that mean? The conference is held on Facebook. The pre-recorded keynote presentation video was a lot of fun.
A lot was crammed into the hour and a half long clip. There was a presentation. The legs were only for executives. We cannot stress enough that there was more nodding blankly at the camera than we have ever seen in a video. One particular revelation? Soon, the metaverse may be a place where we can all betray those closest to us. It's finally here!
"Calling all crewmates," said Meta's Developer Relations chief, as she announced that the virtual reality version of the beloved online game "Among Us" is available for pre-order. You'll be betraying friends soon.
"Among Us" developer Innersloth promised that the virtual reality version would have the same betrayal and deception as the original game. It looks like a metaverse selling point, given that Mark Zuckerberg's own history of the same is similar. The whole plot of "The Social Network" was true.
There's more where that came from, if you're interested in it. It's not surprising that Facebook likes a Just Buy It strategy, but it's clear that it can't buy its way to dominance. Fear not for Zuck, as his apparent workaround is to join forces with every demographic-grabbing collaborators under the Sun, from NBC's Peacock (where the elders get their beloved soaps) to Microsoft and Zoom, where so much of work life already exists), to, as "
Is a virtual reality version of "Among Us" really necessary? Most of the tech goals featured in the video have not been met in a meaningful way.
In order to force it to float, Zuck will have to get as many new mates as possible. He will be going down in a good group.
Meta's expensive new virtual reality headset is dead on arrival.
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