Earlier this week was supposed to be a time of celebration for the folks at Meta, as the project swallowed its reality Horizon Worlds to be now available in more countries. The event was marked by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself posting a “selfie” of his in-game avatar in front of the digital Eiffel Tower. Sounds cute right? The thing is, the graphics are comparable to what you’d expect from a kids game like Roblox, not from a multibillion-dollar company’s attempt to shape our collective virtual future. Internet Instantly roast Mark Zuckerberg’s selfie into hell and back. And now, Zuck here to do some damage control.
Posting to Instagram, for those of you who have skimmed through enough recommended posts to see it, is a brand new virtual version of Zuckerberg. This one, I’m happy to report, seems to contain more of the essence of life than the last one, though it’s unclear how many souls had to be sacrificed to give Mark a small spark of light. his eyes. For those who keep the numbers, this is the fourth or fifth VR release of Zucc we’ve received to date. However, the damn death we just saw has come after a few years ago he showed us a very good one. Meaning, don’t assume what you’re seeing above will be permanent. He suggests just as much in the post accompanying the new “selfie” when he says that the VR service is always evolving.
Major updates to Horizon and avatar graphics coming soon. I will share more at Connect. Also, I know the photo I posted earlier this week is pretty basic – it was taken very quickly to celebrate a launch. Graphics in Horizon are much more capable – even on headphones – and Horizon is improving very quickly.
It’s true, screenshot of Horizon Worlds doesn’t always look as bad as what Zuckerberg shared earlier this week. But that’s also part of the reason it’s so confusing; why is that so that What are company leaders showing off? At the same time, Horizon Worlds still doesn’t look as good as what you can find in other VR services.
Many would say it was about making sure Meta Quest’s hardware, priced for the average consumer, could handle tons of people at once. But there’s performance, and then artistry. What everyone reacted to was what appeared to be a bleak lack of soul. We all know that it doesn’t take a huge amount of polygons to make something look good, otherwise we wouldn’t remember the classic games as cutely as we do. The Eiffel Tower is arguably an important cultural artifact, but you won’t get that from the VR version. The digital version doesn’t inspire, unless we’re trying to elicit the sensation of burping. It’s not even particularly pretty. What is score?
Meta as a company has left a bad taste in the mouths of a lot of people, so seeing them powerfully rise to VR dominance with loads of cash while seemingly insignificant. much to the spirit of what is supposed to be our exciting technological future? That is what makes people startle when wearing pastel Zucc clothes without blinking.
Anyway, better graphics! So great.
