Can Meta still make the metaverse?

The Vergecast

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🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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This episode is all about companies in flux. First, we chat with The Verge's Alex Heath about all things Meta — whether the company is still serious about the metaverse, why its AI plans seem to be going so well, what "OG Facebook" really means, and what headsets to expect this year. After that, The Verge's Chris Welch takes us through the last year at Sonos, from the disastrous app launch to the pretty good headphones that were totally derailed by the disastrous app launch. Can the company get it together in order to launch its next big swing, a set-top box codenamed Pinewood? Finally, we answer a question on the Vergecast Hotline all about business cards. Because, yes, it's 2025, but sometimes you still need a place to put a business card. Further reading: Mark Zuckerberg tells Meta employees to ‘buckle up’ in internal meeting Meta says this is the make or break year for the metaverse Meta’s Ray-Bans smart glasses sold more than 1 million units last year Meta’s AR / VR hardware roadmap through 2027 Meta CTO says the company is working to ‘catch’ leakers Zuck wants to bring the “OG Facebook” back. The Sonos app fiasco: how a great audio brand nearly ruined its reputation Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after disastrous app launch Sonos’ interim CEO hits all the right notes in first letter to employees Sonos Arc Ultra review: don’t call it a comeback (yet) Sonos Ace review: was it worth it? | The Verge After a bruising year, Sonos readies its next big thing: a streaming box Adobe Scan Email us at [email protected] or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of completely unnecessary corporate pivots.
0:08.4	I'm your friend David Pierce, and I have a new webcam.
0:11.5	This will not be interesting to anyone who is just listening to this show, which is most
0:15.7	of you.
0:16.7	But if you're watching this on YouTube, you'll notice, frankly, that I look both hopefully better
0:21.9	and probably slightly worse. So I've had this Sony ZV1 lying around for a while. I got it with
0:29.0	the intention of upgrading my video conferencing and podcast video setup. But it turns out that
0:34.9	whenever you introduce like an actual camera to your system,
0:38.4	it makes everything more annoying. There are more things you have to turn on and off. There are
0:42.2	more systems you have to figure out. There's more really awful Sony software that you have to
0:46.5	download. And so most of the time, I just end up using a webcam like this one, just a normal
0:51.3	Insta 360 webcam. But then recently I was like, okay, I'm going to try and upgrade and see if I can make
0:58.4	myself look a little better.
0:59.8	So in a certain way, this camera is a huge improvement, but it also only does 720P when
1:05.2	you're using it as a webcam, which it's 2025.
1:07.8	That's ridiculous.
1:09.2	So we're trying this out.
1:10.1	We'll see how it goes. And if you're
1:11.3	wondering why it's nighttime behind me, that's because it's nighttime behind me. And this,
1:16.8	at this point is the only time I have to endlessly mess with my desktop setup. Because during
1:21.7	the day, I have to like, you know, work like a real person. It's awful. I don't recommend it. Anyway, that is not what we're here to talk about.
1:28.0	Today on the show, we are going to do two things. First, we're going to talk about meta, which is a
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