Headline: New York Times, 6/19/2026
Five years ago, Mark Zuckerberg proclaimed that the future of Facebook would be the metaverse. Based in virtual reality, it would be an immersive digital world where people could work, play and meet up, he said. To punctuate the point, Mr. Zuckerberg renamed his company Meta.\
But in recent months, Meta laid off 10 percent of its employees in the division that works on the metaverse and said its flagship Horizon Worlds app, a digital universe where people socialize through their avatars, was turning its focus away from virtual reality.
This week, Meta delivered a near death blow. On Tuesday, the company said people would no longer be able to access the immersive world through virtual-reality headsets starting on June 15.
Zuck ignored the lesson of 'high-tech, high-touch", the need to maintain a balance between technology and human interaction.
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