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Back in October 2021, Facebook rebranded to Meta, reflecting Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse-shaped destination for the company. This bold new future was laid out a year later, in a feature-length Meta Connect keynote co-hosted by an eerie virtual marionette version of the CEO. Now, a year and a bit on from the hardware meant to power all this – Meta’s Quest 3 – is sitting on my desk, waiting for an excuse to be slipped back on. I’m curious, then: what exactly does Horizon