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Video shows Facebook exec slamming his ‘wretched’ metaverse headset

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One of the top execs at Facebook’s parent company, Meta, called its Quest virtual reality headsets “bulky” and “wretched” in a recent interview.

Nick Clegg, Meta’s vice president for global affairs and communications, made the remarks while using the technology during an interview with The Financial Times on Thursday. The former UK Deputy Prime Minister was showing how the VR headset enables users to enter the “metaverse”, or a virtual space where humans can interact with each other online using avatars.

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