{"id":936530,"date":"2025-12-30T00:37:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T00:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1851623636"},"modified":"2025-12-30T00:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T00:37:18","slug":"the-grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-vr-remake-sounds-dead-in-the-water-as-meta-pivots-to-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-vr-remake-sounds-dead-in-the-water-as-meta-pivots-to-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR Remake Sounds Dead In The Water As Meta Pivots To AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/the-grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-vr-remake-sounds-dead-in-the-water-as-meta-pivots-to-ai.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Remember when Meta, previously known as Facebook, was going to take the internet into three dimensions by <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/facebook-meta-1-billion-every-month-loss-vr-metaverse-1851438748\">recreating it in virtual reality as the metaverse<\/a>? 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