Remember when Meta was called Facebook, and eerie visions of VR Mark Zuckerberg didn’t haunt your dreams? Meta’s big rebrand happened almost a year ago now, and a lot has happened since Zuckerberg made “metaverse” the go-to buzzword-slash-meme of 2022. The company formerly known as Facebook not only started pouring billions of its own cash reserves into the metaverse, it jumpstarted an investment craze. Venture capital and private equity funding in metaverse-related companies leaped 823% from...

Remember when Meta was called Facebook, and eerie visions of VR Mark Zuckerberg didn’t haunt your dreams? Meta’s big rebrand happened almost a year ago now, and a lot has happened since Zuckerberg made “metaverse” the go-to buzzword-slash-meme of 2022. The company formerly known as Facebook not only started pouring billions of its own cash reserves into the metaverse, it jumpstarted an investment craze. Venture capital and private equity funding in metaverse-related companies leaped 823% from...