Adi Robertson

There’s also a fake poster, which helped kick off the whole phenomenon! It rules.

On the other hand, can you afford to miss Meta’s Notorious B.I.G. “VR concert experience” on December 16th?

It’s unclear exactly what that will be like, but this blog post makes the point that maybe Meta could have focused on living artists. It points out several who already perform VRChat, and other platforms that succeed in ways the Horizon environments haven’t yet.

Twitter might be on thin legal ice in Europe after firing huge numbers of employees responsible for safety and privacy. But for now, Vestager says “we need to see how this develops before any decisions are taken.”

It was first reported as a bit of gee-whiz startup mythmaking, and in the tradition of Kyle Orland’s brilliant investigation into Travis Kalanick’s Wii Tennis prowess, FT does the vital job of puncturing it by running down his actual history with the game. Turns out he’s a middling-to-bad player and doesn’t really deny it — which is fair! But maybe not a sign of unique genius.

But after particularly intense doubts about its future this fall, its creator has been issuing a spate of updates and reassurances about stability fixes and new features. I’ve tried contacting them a few times without success, but I’m fascinated by whatever’s going on out there.