Why Vitalik Buterin Is Confident Meta’s Metaverse Will Fail

Vitalik Buterin says Meta’s attempt to create Metaverse will backfire.

Vitalik Buterin believes any corporate firm trying to intentionally build a metaverse will not succeed, including Meta.

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While Buterin is confident “metaverse” is going to happen, it won’t be Meta or any other corporate firm that will succeed in making one.

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"We don't really know the definition of "the metaverse" yet,” Vitalik tweeted over the weekend.

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According to Buterin, it's far too early to know what people actually want. So anything Facebook creates now will misfire.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had earlier claimed that metaverse is going to be the next chapter for the internet.

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Meta has shifted focus to its virtual reality division this year.

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