Is this the beginning of the end for the Metaverse?

About this episode

The episode explores the potential decline of the Metaverse and the shift towards AI projects.

Five years and more than $80 billion later, Mark Zuckerberg's virtual reality dream seems to be being dismantled, and replaced with equally ambitious AI projects. We take a closer look in this edition of Tech 24.

People in this episode

Host: FRANCE 24

Topics covered

• Metaverse
• virtual reality
• AI projects
• technology
• Mark Zuckerberg

Keywords

• Metaverse
• Mark Zuckerberg
• virtual reality
• AI
• technology
• investment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Metaverse, AI

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