Horizon Worlds: Mark Zuckerberg's legless VR utopia (Part 1)

Suit up, jack in, and Zuck out. I'm joined by guest Anderson Gronvold as we abandon meatspace for metaspace. Find out why you can't afford to miss out on Meta's flagship VR experience. Legs optional! 🦵References:Harris, Blake J. (2019). The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality. Dey Street Books.https://about.fb.com/news/2021/10/creating-jobs-europe-metaverse/ https://apnews.com/article/the-facebook-papers-maid-abuse-94909f43c725af09522704348e35bd25 https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/09/facebook-reveals-staffing-plan-to-be-your-vr-chat-concierge-service/ https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/01/25/mark-zuckerberg-under-fire-after-hiring-trumps-former-adviser-as-meta-president/ https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.mit.edu/dist/0/833/files/2020/05/ST_Construc-and-reconstruc-of-self.pdf https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/joeroganexperience/episodes/1863---Mark-Zuckerberg-e1mu8n0 https://epublications.marquette.edu/zuckerberg_files_videos/250/ https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/07/28/snoop-dogg-metaverse-nfts-sandbox-price-declines/ https://games.slashdot.org/story/99/10/15/1012230/John-Carmack-Answers https://gizmodo.com/meta-horizon-worlds-sees-10x-growth-since-december-1848562017 https://kotaku.com/facebook-metaverse-horizon-worlds-vr-oculus-quest-2-cha-1848436740 https://kotaku.com/fortnites-latest-crossover-is-martin-luther-king-1847563562 https://kotaku.com/meta-connect-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-vr-feet-legs-1849643784 https://kotaku.com/the-metaverse-is-already-here-for-cows-and-it-s-very-sa-1848335331 https://medium.com/@gobblegobble/mocap-the-money-part-c16b78de6170 https://medium.com/the-lab-apply-digital/metaverse-review-horizon-worlds-b9f003ea84af https://observer.ug/business/facebook-and-content-moderation-why-its-always-under-attack/ https://patents.google.com/patent/US10192403B2/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US10909405B1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US10976826B1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US3050870A/en https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/09/vr-zuckerberg-shares-details-on-some-of-facebooks-ai-aid-to-the-red-cross-in-puerto-rico/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/10/zuckerberg-apologizes-for-his-tone-deaf-vr-cartoon-tour-of-puerto-rico-devastation/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/13/facebook-mulled-multi-billion-dollar-acquisition-of-unity-book-claims/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/06/meta-integrating-venues-into-horizon-worlds/ https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/jordan-peele-nope-meta-virtua-reality-horizon-worlds-1235313750/ https://washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/07/facebook-metaverse-horizon-worlds-kids-safety/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220216143908/https://www.vox.com/recode/22776461/facebook-meta-metaverse-monopoly https://web.archive.org/web/20220817170129/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/mark-zuckerberg-metaverse-selfie-horizon-worlds/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230921175333/https://ai.meta.com/blog/powered-by-ai-oculus-insight/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240912192513/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/11/4/hot-or-not-website-briefly-judges/?page=1 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-facebooks-systems-promoted-violence-against-rohingya-meta-owes-reparations-new-report/ https://www.androidcentral.com/quest-2-2021-most-sold https://www.businessinsider.com/stolen-data-of-533-million-facebook-users-leaked-online-2021-4 https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/how-fake-news-and-online-hate-are-making-life-hell-for https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/mark-zuckerbeg-apology-myanmar-ngos-insufficient<...