Meta just took another hit. John Carmack, a virtual reality pioneer, is leaving his high-level consulting role at the company—and complaining about its inefficiency on his way out.
His departure comes as investors are increasingly worried about CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s obsession with the metaverse, a largely unrealized virtual world that has underwhelmed users and could take years to become profitable, if it ever does. (Even Meta employees directly involved in the effort don’t seem that impressed with it.)
