The meta-universe selfie was ridiculed for being too ugly, and Meta CEO Zuckerberg responded that it would be updated soon.
On August 20, Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook parent company Meta, was mocked by netizens when he uploaded a selfie to promote his meta-universe game a few days ago. He responded on Friday, local time, admitting that the photos do appear monotonous, but an update will come soon.
▲ photo source: Zuckerberg Facebook post
To celebrate the launch of meta-universe game Horizon Worlds in Spain and France, Zuckerberg uploaded a selfie of himself standing in front of the Eiffel Tower. However, the screenshot was immediately ridiculed by netizens, with some Twitter users saying it was similar to PlayStation One's Teletubbies game.
Zuckerberg has clearly seen the comments and clarified that Meta is making more beautiful graphics. On Friday, Zuckerberg posted more new screenshots on Facebook and Instagram, showing more realistic selfies and old-looking squares. "A major update on the horizon and digital avatars is coming, and I will share more details at the upcoming Connect conference," he wrote.
▲ photo source: Zuckerberg Facebook post
As for the initial screenshot, Zuckerberg admitted that it was not very likable. "I know that the photo released earlier this week was very monotonous and was taken in a hurry to celebrate the launch of the game," he wrote. In fact, graphics are much more powerful in the horizon world, even on VR helmets. Personally, however, if my company had invested billions of dollars in a digital world that many people didn't like, I might have avoided rushing to release bad screenshots, especially if we had just announced a $100th increase in the price of Quest 2, resulting in a significant increase in the cost of the VR experience. Of course, that's just my personal opinion. "
Meta is not the only company that promises better graphics to attract people to the virtual world. Last month, Roblox announced that it would also update its traditional block and low-resolution graphics, and its ultimate goal is to "replicate the real world," Josh Anon, its product director, said in an interview.
In the end, however, graphics are still secondary to what people are going to do with a meta-universe. Even if Meta's latest update to Horizon World upgrades visual effects to the level of gaming masterpieces, it doesn't matter unless its virtual world has something more interesting to see.
