• Veraxus@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The technology is cool. I will say that.

    But Meta/Zuckerberg is squandering it. There is a huge disconnect between the price of thing (OVER $500) and the value proposition. It’s bad at gaming. It’s still less powerful than even current-gen smart phones, let alone modern consoles or gaming PCs… and what little gaming content is out there makes that abundantly clear. Asgard’s Wrath 2 does it no favors given those realities. And what are the uses beyond gaming?

    Exercise could be a compelling value proposition, but they aren’t leveraging even that obvious marketing angle. “You can do your supernatural workouts!” How many people know what that is? I do, but ask a rando on the street. They have no idea. And what are the other options beside Supernatural workouts? Oh, nothing? Nothing for my stationary bike? Nothing for a rowing machine? Nothing for treadmills? With all those funds, they are not exploring the practical applications at all and the product is failing as a result. Instead, Zuck STILL hasn’t given up on his Metaverse/Horizons MMO idea.

    And that’s before we even get into Meta/Facebook’s inherent creepiness as a company.