Facebook Wants to Open 'Welcoming' Retail Stores Where People Can Experience the 'Metaverse'

[Havalo]

Total Recall springs to mind...

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

They'll probably have the devil, I mean Mark at the door with a contract for you to sign, to give him your soul to sell in exchange for video chat or something...

That could be a humiliating experience for some people. I tried to sell my soul for a new 16" MacBook Pro Max, loaded, and Satan laughed. Apparently I haven't lead enough of a life, like I though I had been. *sigh* They said I could get a iPhone 13 Mini, but it would still require a copay. Carpe diem?

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Funny. I have never thought that THE metaverse would be so smarmy...

 

[CartesianProduct2014]

Judgement free environment? Wtf?

 

[Edsel]

This is the beginning of the end for Fraudbook. Business students will one day study its market collapse as they do Kodak, IBM, Polaroid, General Electric, Pan American, TWA....

 

[Skewlovevism]

I’m genuinely curious:
Is anybody taking this thing seriously?

Judgement free AND emotion free (if you are welcomed by as cheery looking pile of rocks, as Zuck himself)

He looks like a cardboard cut out with a fake smile photoshoped to it.

Does anyone taking him seriously?
Hopefully not, but do you really think he cares?

 

[tubular]

Facebook, now rebranded to Meta, is looking to open physical retail stores where customers will be able to experience the wide range of products it has to offer, such as Oculus headsets, in a "welcoming" and "judgment-free" experience, according to a new report from The New York Tim The company has considered a few names for its chain of stores, with "Facebook Store" being a top preference.

"What shall we call our Facebook store?"

"How about 'Facebook Store'?"

"Brilliant! How ever did you come up with it, it's so clever!"

Honestly, is there *anybody* in the whole zucking enterprise who has the slightest bit of creativity?

 

[TinyMito]

NO, Mr. Facebook.

 

[Edsel]

A store you can never escape! once in you'll be probed...

=Zuckerberg Colonoscopies.

 

[RedWeasel]

One of the most hated companies, yet everyone and their moms are still using it…

Mostly their moms actually.

 

[STC1709]

i hate this guy so much, he has single handily destroyed peoples lives with his garbage platform

 

[riverfreak]

Or is he aiming to create the Oasis from Ready Player One?

I've wondered if there would be a time when that book concept could be so predominant in our society. The problem with the Oasis analogy is that in the book, the populous are packed like sardines into overcrowded residential areas, and yet extremely disconnected from each other. It's similar, but not the same as Facebook.

And Facebook is definitely NO Oasis.

You need to go back … way way way back … before Ready Player One. Lots of people have prophesied the rise of “cyberspace” in both fiction and non-fiction.

I’ve been waiting for the always imminent arrival of immersive VR since the 80s. I’m sure I’ll be waiting long after I’m dead.

 

[^^BIGMac]

Bwahahaha— Leave this world.

 

[Someyoungguy]

Kill me now

 

[jcshas]

Ask Meta Store not to track me. Please.

 

[metapunk2077fail]

Facebook thinks they are being original. Cyber Town, Second Life and all that crap has been around for many years.

CyberTown - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The VR version is unaffordable for most people on the planet and no matter how light you make VR headsets they will always be too uncomfortable to use for very brief time.

And nobody trusts Facebook. If Zuckerberg walked freely down a busy street he'd be a knocked out fool in 5 minutes.

 

[iLG]

You couldn’t make this s*** up!

 

[boswald]

If "Meta" sold time machines, I'd actually consider it.

 

[Pilot Jones]

I’m genuinely curious:
Is anybody taking this thing seriously?

You'd be surprised.

A lot of unsavvy people are naively optimistic about things like this while simultaneously not understanding the value of their own data.

Some of them know, but just flat out don't care. The old "I don't have anything to hide" argument.

 

[K2kev]

Imagine the endless internal meetings over this, no doubt, with external Agencies involved as well. Millions of dollars later the big reveal.

We’ve decided to call the ‘Facebook Store’ Facebook Store. I’d have paid big money to be in the room for that.

 

[ButterF1ngers]

Soooooo ‘Facebook’ is deleting facial biometric records but technically isn’t becasue they’re rebranded to ‘Meta’ and Meta is going to build upon it? Right. Just further confirming it was a publicity stunt then. 🤨

 

[WhatUp?]

This Metaberg is even creepier than the Zucker one.

 

[Manzzle]

So is this Meta thing like a game like The Sims? Cause that's what it looks like to me.

 

[WWPD]

This is the beginning of the end for Fraudbook. Business students will one day study its market collapse as they do Kodak, IBM, Polaroid, General Electric, Pan American, TWA....

Most of those yes, but IBM and GE are massive companies.

 

[orthorim]

I am so excited about this Facebook store.


J/K 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

Clone doesn't seem to improve much over the years... unconvincing! Looks, feels, acts like a clone or android. Personal pet theory is that Zuck said no to them and they took him and replaced him with a clone.