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What blows my mind is that they completely squandered the opportunity that COVID provided for VR education. They could have, and imo should have, given away their hardware to every school/student and then created immersive education software that they could charge the schools for. Imagine learning Magic School Bus style... Chemistry and biology from the point of view of a molecule, travel the universe, be present at major historical events, or just take a walk around ancient Rome to see how they lived. They could have gotten a whole generation hooked on their system... Kinda like Apple did in the 90s. If they want the "metaverse" to work, they need to build an infrastructure that allows users to build their own stuff. Like just make a "city" but allow users to fill it with their own buildings, bars, houses, virtual work places, etc
I think the problem is their software sucks, so it wouldn’t be useful for any real usage. Even now.
True... But you'd think for $45b they could have developed some good software
It’s complicated. Many good devs find them immoral, some just waste time there getting overpaid, I’ve heard management is just yes men. Having money doesn’t always mean good products; it’s well known most innovation in these large companies is through acquisitions.