Elon Musk's ex-girlfriend Grimes expresses skepticism about Mark Zuckerberg's ability to lead the metaverse; here are the reasons she cited
Grimes, the Canadian artist and ex-girlfriend of tech billionaire Elon Musk, has recently publicly voiced her doubts regarding
Meta Platforms CEO
Mark Zuckerberg's capability to effectively spearhead the metaverse, as per a report.
Grimes Mocks Mark Zuckerberg's Avatar
According to Benzinga, her comments were made on a 2022 X (formerly Twitter) post where Grimes, whose legal name is Claire Boucher, shared her doubts regarding Zuckerberg's vision for the virtual reality world. In her X post, she even mocked Zuckerberg's metaverse avatar, criticizing it as 'bad art,' reported Benzinga.
Zuckerberg Sees Huge Opportunity in Metaverse
Grimes' rant came after Zuckerberg made an appearance on a podcast with host Joe Rogan, where he went ahead and hyped the metaverse as a revolutionary idea that could reap "hundreds of billions of dollars." The Meta CEO is a strong proponent of the metaverse and has described it as a 'massive opportunity', according to Benzinga.
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After Meta reported its first-quarter 2025 earnings, the CEO said, 'We're making good progress on AI glasses and Meta AI,' quoted Quartz. He also shared that, 'I think that we're all going to have an AI that we talk to throughout the day,' as quoted in the report. Zuckerberg added, 'Eventually, that'll be on glasses.'
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Zuckerberg also said that, 'Glasses are the ideal form factor for both AI and the metaverse. … More than a billion people worldwide wear glasses today, and it seems highly likely that these will become AI glasses over the next five to 10 years,' quoted Quartz.
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However, Meta's Reality Labs division, which oversees the firm's augmented and virtual reality initiatives, reported a first-quarter operating loss of $2.96 billion on $695 million in revenue, reported Quartz.
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