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Facebook’s Metaverse Is An Empty, Sad And Unpopular Flop
Meta’s Facebook is (was?) one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, with billions of users. However, its failing virtual reality metaverse project, Horizon Worlds, isn’t doing nearly as well. In fact, a new report shows that barely anyone is spending much time in Horizon Worlds at all, with most user-created worlds going completely unvisited. Meanwhile, Second Life and VRChat have more concurrent users, according to folks at Meta.
According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, internal documents and employees at Meta paint a picture that nobody is really playing Horizon Worlds, its free-to-play virtual reality metaverse that lets users create and visit “worlds” with friends or strangers. Think Roblox, but more cold and heartless. The company initially hoped to have 500,000 monthly active users visiting these various virtual worlds. Now that number has been revised to around 200,000.
Internal stats show that most players don’t stick around after their first month in Horizon Worlds and Meta has seen a steady decline in active users since spring. WSJ reports that of all the user-created worlds in the game, only about nine percent are visited by more than 50 players. The majority of the rest are never visited by anyone besides the initial creator. The end result is a lot of empty, barren digital lands. Even Questy’s—-a world created by Meta as part of a larger Super Bowl marketing push—-is a giant flop, with very few users visiting.
“An empty world is a sad world,” said one document seen by the WSJ.
And while the Quest 2 headset has sold very well, a lot of the customers aren’t returning to play anything. It’s reported that more than half of all Quest headsets stop being used by players after only six months.
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As for why people aren’t flocking to the expensive metaverse that Facebook has created, a survey run by Meta researchers found users mostly complained about being unable to find worlds they liked and rarely found others to interact with. Other complaints included in-game people not looking “real” enough. Some even had issues with the lack of Horizon World avatar legs. I guess that explains all the fanfare around legs being added to the game earlier this month, even if the announcement was a lie.
The WSJ notes that the researchers at Meta only spoke to 514 people because of how few folks are playing, calling the current active playerbase “small and precious.” It’s not surprising to hear that, according to those familiar with Horizon Worlds, the app has fewer concurrent users than VRChat and 2003’s Second Life.
The rest of the report isn’t much better and is further evidence that the VR metaverse future that so many companies and tech bros are trying to peddle is likely not going to stick with folks. Hell, the people who work at Meta don’t want to use Horizon Worlds. And Meta seems to get how unpopular all this shit is with your average consumer, as it’s now begun to pivot its new VR headsets toward big companies that can be tricked into making their employees wear a VR headset for eight hours a day at work. But at least folks will always have the Walmart Metaverse to hang out in between breaks, right?
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Megyn Kelly slams Jennifer Lopez, Shakira for ‘showing vag’ at Super Bowl
Megyn Kelly thought Jennifer Lopez and Shakira wore outfits that were too revealing when the singers performed at the Super Bowl halftime show two years ago.
“I object to like J.Lo and Shakira showing their vag at the Super Bowl,” the former Fox News primetime star said on her podcast on Friday.
“Like I don’t want that.”
Kelly waded into the issue when discussing women “embracing their bodies.”
“It’s gotta be situation appropriate,” she told her guest, comedian Bridget Phetasy. “But I don’t really object to just women embracing their bodies or showing up their bodies like the pictures.”
Kelly was complimentary toward former supermodel Paulina Porizkova, the 57-year-old widow of late Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, who has been active on social media, posting photos of her nude or scantily clad body as a way of embracing aging.
Earlier this month, the Czech-born beauty posted an image on Twitter showing her wearing a thong bikini while the camera is aimed at her backside.
“Paulina Porizkova just had a really interesting post,” Kelly gushed.
“She showed her bottom [and] she looks amazing.”
Kelly’s criticism of J.Lo and Shakira echoed that of several parents who said it was too risqué for a mass audience that tuned in to Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Feb. 2, 2020.
Bronx-born pop star Lopez was seen writhing her way around a pole while Shakira, a Colombia native, twerked and belly danced — all while both of them wore skimpy outfits.
“Not appropriate for kids at a Super Bowl halftime show. Just J Lo’s outfits in general,” one outraged Twitter user, TurtlePower98, posted.
Another pearl-clutching critic went further: “Absolutely the worst, most vulgar halftime show ever.”
Ex-Eagles defensive end Chris Long owns up to wild Super Bowl bet
Chris Long lived up to his ink.
The former Eagles defensive end said he owned up to a bet he made days prior to Super Bowl LII in 2018, with Long chancing he would get a tattoo of then-Philadelphia linebacker coach Ken Flajole if his team won the championship.
After the Eagles won against the Patriots, Long owned up to it, getting Flajole tattooed on his rib cage.
The two-time Super Bowl champ recently recalled the story on his podcast with former teammate Beau Allen. Long said he sometimes forgets that the tattoo of Flajole is with him “on this journey.”
Allen said he initially thought the tattoo was of actor John Malkovich but it was “f*cking ‘Flaje.’”
“I like to think Flaje is out there, just, you know, having himself a normal f—ing day,” Allen said, “and then just will remember that his face is tattooed on your body somewhere and just be like ‘F–k.’”
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Voyager 1 Space Probe Is Suddenly Sending NASA Wacky Data
Voyager 1 is nearly 14.5 billion miles from Earth and continues to hurtle out of the solar system at about 38,000 miles per hour. But NASA engineers working on the 44-year-old spacecraft have recently been vexed by the probe’s articulation and control system, which is generating data that appears to be completely random.
“A mystery like this is sort of par for the course at this stage of the Voyager mission,” said Suzanne Dodd, project manager for Voyager 1 and 2 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, in a NASA release.
Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 has been in interstellar space for nearly 10 years. Impressively, the spacecraft continues to send data back to Earth, but recently its telemetry data has been invalid; according to NASA, the data simply doesn’t match up with whatever Voyager 1’s true position and conditions might be.
The Voyager team continues to scrutinize the weird attitude articulation and control (AACS) data; they’re not sure whether the problem comes directly from that system or another part of the spacecraft.
“The spacecraft are both almost 45 years old, which is far beyond what the mission planners anticipated. We’re also in interstellar space – a high-radiation environment that no spacecraft have flown in before,” Dodd added. “There are some big challenges for the engineering team. But I think if there’s a way to solve this issue with the AACS, our team will find it.”
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Just because the Voyager spacecraft are old doesn’t mean they’re not useful. Data from the probes revealed a previously unknown phenomenon of the interstellar medium, and Voyager 1 recently detected oscillations in the plasma of deep space. It’s basically a spacecraft’s equivalent to Tom Brady winning a Super Bowl at 43.
It’s possible that the source of the gibberish data readouts isn’t identified, and NASA engineers simply learn to live with the quirk. The issue isn’t affecting any of Voyager 1’s science instruments, all of which remain operational 44 years on, and the team expects that both spacecraft will continue to operate beyond 2025.
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Super Bowl 2022 – Best moments from the Los Angeles Rams’ championship parade
If you were in L.A. on Wednesday, you might have seen everything from a shirtless Aaron Donald to a new version of the famous “HOLLYWOOD” sign as the Los Angeles Rams celebrated their Super Bowl LVI victory with a parade that kicked off early — 11 a.m. PST.
On Sunday, the Rams won their first Super Bowl since they moved back to Los Angeles from St. Louis in 2016, beating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 on L.A.’s home turf at SoFi Stadium.
So yes, there was a lot to celebrate in Southern California this week.
Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp rocked the jersey of another MVP, the late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. Odell Beckham Jr. sprayed champagne on zealous fans. L.A. native Jay Rock performed at the conclusion of the parade.
Even Tom Brady chimed in on social media, telling Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford to hydrate — but with water — throughout the festivities.
Let’s look at the scenes from the party in L.A.
🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/120MnwqmSl
— Jake Funk (@jakefunk34) February 16, 2022
Cooper Kupp showed up to the Rams parade in a Kobe jersey. 🏆 @CooperKupp pic.twitter.com/GGCagAyq4J
— NFL (@NFL) February 16, 2022
THE SHIRT IS GONE. #SBLVI pic.twitter.com/cMODryoowA
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) February 16, 2022
Aaron Donald’s been drinking “a little bit” 😆 pic.twitter.com/Ru96YKUkzS
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 16, 2022
The Hollywood sign has been changed to #RamsHouse to honour the @RamsNFL Super Bowl win!
📸 @discoverLA pic.twitter.com/Xq5LBYDClT
— NFL UK (@NFLUK) February 15, 2022
Mix in a water Matt…trust me https://t.co/WEVupw2Yzl
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) February 16, 2022
OBJ poppin’ bottles 🍾 pic.twitter.com/DtCg04voH8
— ESPN (@espn) February 16, 2022
🎶Win, win, win, win!🎶
The #Rams victory celebration at the Coliseum ended with a live performance from @jayrock #RamsHouse pic.twitter.com/g2z5Z9dNqO— LAist (@LAist) February 16, 2022
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles Rams will hold their Super Bowl victory parade on Wednesday.
Crews install a stage at L.A. Memorial Coliseum on Feb. 15, 2022, where the Super Bowl champion Rams will celebrate their victory. (Sarah Reingewirtz/Los Angeles Daily News/Getty Images)
The 1.1-mile victory parade will start at the Shrine Auditorium and end at L.A. Memorial Coliseum, where a rally will be held in the Coliseum’s Olympic Plaza. Organizers said there will be room for about 20,000 fans.
The parade will begin at about 11 a.m. at the intersection of Royal Street and Jefferson Boulevard. It will go down Jefferson Boulevard to Figueroa Street, turn down Exposition Park Drive before finally ending at the Coliseum at around 11:45 a.m.
It will feature Rams players, coaches, floats and specialty vehicles. The team will ride double-decker tour buses which have been wrapped in Rams championship signs.
A rally will then be held at the Coliseum’s peristyle plaza from about noon to 12:30 p.m.
Entry to the rally is free and open to the public. No tickets are required. However, all fans will have to show either proof of vaccination against COVID-19, a negative antigen test taken within 24 hours, or a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours. No masks will be required after L.A. County officials lifted the outdoor mask mandate.
Feb. 16, 2022. (CBSLA)
Public transportation is an option for those looking to avoid traffic and parking issues. Metro has two train stops along the parade route: at Jefferson/USC and at Expo Park/USC.
“Once you get off the Metro train stations, it’s a short walk possibly a couple blocks to those locations,” said Metro spokesperson Dave Sotero.
For those who choose to drive, there will be limited parking available at the Grand and Flower lots. Those will open beginning at 6 a.m.
The parade route. (Vox Group)
Street closures ahead of the parade will begin at 6 a.m., and are expected to last until 2 p.m. Most streets in the University Park area will be restricted during those hours to local access only. The streets that will be closed include:
- Figueroa Street between Adams Blvd. and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
- Jefferson Blvd. between Vermont and Grand avenues
- Exposition Blvd. between Vermont Ave. and Flower Street
- The southbound 110 Freeway off-ramp at Exposition Boulevard.
- The 110 express lane on- and off-ramps at 39th Street will also be closed.
Los Angeles police will patrol the parade route and will send extra resources to the downtown area in case celebrations become problematic similar to Sunday night.
“But individuals will believe that the celebration’s not over for them until they’ve caused a little bit of a disturbance or recklessness,” said LAPD Chief Michael Moore.
Once the parade ends and the rally begins, officers will transition to patrol duty to ensure the celebrations do not turn into disturbances.
“Once that parade route is completed those officers will be freed up for added patrols, both around the parade area, the celebration area as well as around the downtown area,” said Moore.
USC students and staff have been cautioned that they will likely experience significant delays trying to get onto campus. Some instructors have already said they will hold classes remotely Wednesday. The school noted that the best way to try and enter campus during the rally will be from the Vermont Street.
In 2020, the Lakers won the NBA title and the Dodgers won the World Series, but both were denied victory parades because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lakers superstar LeBron James proposed Monday that the Rams, Lakers and Dodgers have a joint parade.
“We, Dodgers and Rams should all do a joint parade together!!!! With a live concert afterwards to end it!!” James tweeted. “City of Champions.”
We, Dodgers and Rams should all do a joint parade together!!!! With a live concert afterwards to end it!! City of Champions 🏆🏆🏆💍💍💍. Congrats 🐏 once again!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— LeBron James (@KingJames) February 14, 2022
The Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in a 23-20 thriller Sunday.