The Metaverse is in TROUBLE

Does the departure of John Carmack from Meta signal even more trouble ahead for the metaverse?

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John Carmack has been serving as consulting CTO since 2019
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/oculus-cto-expresses-skepticism-over-facebooks-ambitious-metaverse-undertaking/#:~:text=John%20Carmack%2C%20who%20has%20been%20serving%20as%20a%20consulting%20CTO%20for%20Oculus%20since%202019.

His company raised $20 million in funding
https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/19/john-carmack-agi-keen-raises-20-million-from-sequoia-nat-friedman-and-others/

also never thought metaverse was the thing to focus on, but rather products to tap into it
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/oculus-cto-expresses-skepticism-over-facebooks-ambitious-metaverse-undertaking/#:~:text=his%20biggest%20advice%20is%20to%20focus%20on%20products%20to%20tap%20into%20it%2C%20rather%20than%20technology%20architecture%20and%20initiatives.%C2%A0

John Carmack’s own statement https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=pfbid0iPixEvPJQGzNa6t2x6HUL5TYqfmKGqSgfkBg6QaTyHF5frXQi7eLGxC7uPQv5U5jl&id=100006735798590

Quest 2 GPU boost in update
https://www.techspot.com/news/97049-meta-quest-2-headsets-receive-7-gpu-power.html

Launch of Meta Quest Pro
https://about.fb.com/news/2022/10/meta-quest-pro-is-now-available/

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