iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

But the big new future that came out of 3D movies was virtual reality, round 2. Starting in 2010 or so there were many stabs at this, all funded by rafts of ZIRP investor money. 8/

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William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

I'd put the peak of this era in 2021, when Mark Zuckerberg renamed Facebook to Meta, because a VR universe, the metaverse, was the future of both play and work. 9/

An even-less-convincing-than-usual Mark Zuckerberg next to a VR rendering of the Eiffel Tower.

Mark Zuckerberg on stage with a facehugger VR unit and a screen showing his VR experience

A virtual Mark Zuckerberg at an office desk in a virtual meeting

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William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

This era is clearly in retreat with mass Meta layoffs and killing products that were, only a few years ago, the future of both Meta and the world: www.theverge.com/tech/863209/meta-h… 10/

theverge.com

Meta has discontinued its metaverse for work, too

One more piece of bad news for VR.

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