The EU hosted a 24-hour party in its $400,000 metaverse to appeal to young people, but pretty much no one showed up
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EU staff had already called its metaverse "depressing and embarrassing," before a journalist was the only one left at the party after an hour.

“Beijing must be wetting themselves with laughter. It would be funny if it was not a serious project, and if we had not paid for it all.”