Mark Zuckerberg sits across from podcaster Lex Fridman. In a dark space where only their faces and shoulders are visible, the two engage in a stilted, slightly hallucinogenic-feeling conversation, the two gazing in wonder at each other like stoned teenagers. Only, they’re not really sharing that space. In reality they’re sitting with VR headsets on in different states, using Meta’s eponymous Metaverse to show off the company’s new photorealistic avatars.
For a gamer, there are two takeaways from Zuckerberg’s in-Metaverse appearance on the Lex Fridman podcast. One: you could not possibly find two less expressive human beings on the planet to show off this technology that’s all about capturing expressive non-verbal communication. Seriously, Louis
