The new Quest Pro VR headset cost an eye-popping $1,500. The New York Times reports that Meta is pressuring staff to attend meetings in virtual reality and forcing them to buy headsets. This is a niche audience in gaming that will never get any sort of return on investment from the $65 billion there's supposedly going to spend on the metaverse over the next several years.
Elon Musk pushes back against reports that he had conversations with Putin, but Kara and Scott aren't having it. They also discuss Meta's new hardware and what it means for the company's overall strategy. Plus, the latest on the economy, and the $965 million Alex Jones owes Sandy Hook families.
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