Meta's Metaverse isn't bad, it's just boring and other TC news

This week Darrell talks with Taylor Hatmaker about her adventure into the metaverse at the Meta Connect event. And Haje Jan Kamps comes back to take the guest seat and talk about a Dutch Court’s ruling that employee productivity monitoring using webcams is a human rights violation. And as always, Darrell will catch you up on the tech news you may have missed this week. Articles from the episode: My virtual torso went to Meta Connect 2022 Here’s what you missed at Meta Connect 2022 It’s painful how hellbent Mark Zuckerberg is on convincing us that VR is a thing Meta announces legs Meta’s vision for the future of VR is a worse version of the past  Other news from the week:Microsoft brings DALL-E 2 to the masses with Designer and Image CreatorNetflix’s ad supported tier is coming November 3Federal gig worker proposal tanks Uber, Lyft and DoorDash stocks Credits: The TechCrunch Podcast is produced by Maggie Stamets, hosted by Darrell Etherington, and edited by Kell.