Critics Think the Metaverse Looks Bad.

Luxury and fashion companies spent nearly a year establishing metaverse divisions, imagining a richly designed future. Then Mark Zuckerberg unveiled rudimentary early designs.

Last week, when Mark Zuckerberg posted an image of his digital avatar inside his company’s virtual reality game, Horizon Worlds, the chief executive of Meta Platforms , Inc. faced a swift round of mockery.

“Sims 1 had better graphics bruh,” one person wrote on Facebook. “This selfie cost Mark Zuckerberg $10,000,000,000,” a Twitter user quipped. “Stay in school, kids.”

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