Meta has debuted their Quest 2 Super Bowl ad, It’s really hard to understand how they want to portray the metaverse that They are working so hard to make a reality. It does have a little bit of nostalgia, but also some Sort of fear.

The commercial starts at an environment called Questy’s with a cute fluff animatronic dog and a pink six-armed creature with two penguins performing Simple Minds Don’t You (Forget About Me) at the arcade. Then, a moving crew drags the lifeless bodies of the animatronic band out and the place shuts down. It’s already pretty Sad.

This dog, although is pretty cute Is also pretty creepy as it is staring down at the window at a pawn shop. It also takes up different roles as it is passed among owners. After a brief appearance as a mini-golf course decoration, it is seen flying out of the back of a pickup truck and then laying inside a Trash compactor As it is pulled out of the machine when it Almost starts closing on its head.

The woman who pulled the dog out of this compactor did take the animatronic on display at the Space Center, fixing it in a stationary post pointing towards the cafeteria. Now in the commercial, A man trying out the metal quest two in the center of the VR exhibit takes off his headset and Straps it onto the animatronic dog.

Now, this dog gets transported into Meta’s virtual reality, It’s where he meets up with his old band members and can perform once again. This is Carried out from the theme you could remember from the San Junipero Episodes featuring a virtual world where the elderly and consciousness of dead people thrive.

In the scene, The song they were playing before as a band starts playing again and the ad shows all four Band members at new locations, dancing with the headsets on as the words “Old friends New fun” come up. Ending with the dog outfitted with Quest 2 in the now-closed center. This Possibly is the reality that Meta Is wants to build shortly, but if anything, it’s that sad realization this ad draws attention to even more.