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Misreading the Metaverse

How Meta’s Retreat Exposes a Deeper Crisis in Shared Space

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Jan 28, 2026
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Four years after renaming itself Meta to prove its devotion to the metaverse, the company is now backing away from the very future it rebranded around. Spending in its Reality Labs division is being …

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