Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’
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Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’
#2So "Ready Player One" with Zuck in charge? No thank you.
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#3it's equal parts vision, equal parts philanthropy.
Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’
#4>> “A good vision for the metaverse is not one that a specific company builds, but it has to have the sense of interoperability and portability”, Mr Zuckerberg said, adding that there should be protocols like the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) internet standards for defining how experiences will be built.
Except defined by Facebook, so not really anything like W3C.
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#5Never knew Revenge of the Nerds would get so dark...
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#6Marketing droid: "We're not a social media company, we're a metaverse company"
Normal person: What does that mean?
Marketing droid: "The metaverse does not have a specific definition"
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#7I don't feel like clicking on this... are they getting into the quantum hype game?
Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’
#8I don't feel like clicking on this... are they getting into the quantum hype game?
>>> "“I think [it] is probably going to resemble some kind of a hybrid between the social platforms that we see today, but an environment where you’re embodied in it”, Mr Zuckerberg also said. One of the benefits of this ecosystem would be that, “if you go back 20 or 30 years, a lot of people’s individual opportunities and experience was dictated by their physical proximity”, and that easy movement through a virtual space could avoid such barriers."
He seems to be saying they're getting (more) into the Black Mirror game.
Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’
#9I don't feel like clicking on this... are they getting into the quantum hype game?
No, the VR / Augmented reality goggles hype. They bought Oculus, remember.
Dystopian metaverse. https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/22/11087890/mark-zuckerberg-...
Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’
#10I don't feel like clicking on this... are they getting into the quantum hype game?
>>> "“I think [it] is probably going to resemble some kind of a hybrid between the social platforms that we see today, but an environment where you’re embodied in it”, Mr Zuckerberg also said. One of the benefits of this ecosystem would be that, “if you go back 20 or 30 years, a lot of people’s individual opportunities and experience was dictated by their physical proximity”, and that easy movement through a virtual…
Oh and "The metaverse does not have a specific definition"