The metaverse is bullshit
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The metaverse is bullshit
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#2outline.com link because the website itself has too many ads to be readable. I know It's bad form, but so are those ads.
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#3I think of it as the Metastasize.
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#4Yea, it's AOL value-add all over again. It will be around for a while and fizzle out, especially with the hardware requirement.
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#5I'm sure Facebook is really excited to build a space they own and control completely, as well as have the ability to take a cut of all sales in it. Building a digital company town is right up Facebook's alley.
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#6Metaverse will be bullshit up until avatarism arrives, then it will be boring and normal. But people like this will still be very confused and upset about what is happening. (Maybe I will too.)
The first mainstream passthrough AR device that can stitch out and replace humans will be an eye opener for many people. This will happen next year. Most likely at least Meta and Apple’s will do this. And probably a few others. It will be rough but it won’t be hard to connect the dots.
https://gfodor.medium.com/the-rise-of-avatarism-b7ecfa7c42bc
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#7Facebook wants more power to censor ordinary people while platforming literal terrorists(Taliban associates, Iran proxies etc) at the same time.
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#8Facebook wants more power to censor ordinary people while platforming literal terrorists(Taliban associates, Iran proxies etc) at the same time.
Both of those are not literal terrorists as terrorism is defined as the use of violence on a civilian population for a socio-political purpose by a non-state actor
That last distinction is how the US itself doesn't get classified as terrorists but can classify Al Qaeda, etc. as terrorists.
But Iran proxies (who are government actors in Iraq at least) and the Taliban are government figures of their respective countries.
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#9> "The metaverse is bullshit because it already exists, and it's called the internet
> Being 'inside' a virtual world was never really the important part"
Well, the facebook keynote presents a compelling argument how social interaction with VR can be more meaningful than through a 2D screen in many situations.
However, what IS bullshit, is the display of obviously fake demonstrations with highly experimental and expensive technology.
The reality is, most of the tech, won't be accessible or even productised for a long time, as they didn't even announce any planned dates...
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#10Without even reading the article: you don't say! color me surprised!