On August 16, by means of a “basic” and unartistic virtual selfie taken in front of the Eiffel Tower and the Sagrada Familia, Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of Horizon Worlds (the famous metaverse of Meta) in France and Spain . Immediately, he received a volley of green wood.
This platform, where users equipped with an Oculus Quest 2 headset can meet, discuss, play together and create virtual worlds accessible to all, is the basis of the Meta project, an update from Facebook. France is one of the first five countries to receive this new metaverse.
While VR enthusiasts imagine highly realistic parallel worlds, the image that was used by Zuckerberg for the ad disappointed audiences. The level of graphic rendering of the image, as well as the monuments in the background, show very simple and unrealistic images, which did not make Internet users dream. The boss of Meta did not remain indifferent to criticism, and he soon released a new version of his avatar, associated with a much higher quality image of a city, much more detailed than that of the image of the announcement. He said he realized the photo shared earlier was pretty basic, but “Horizon’s graphics are capable of so much more – even on VR headsets,” adding that Horizon is improving very quickly.