It's called MMOs and VRChat. Especially WoW in the 2000s were more metaverse than anything will come from Facebook.
The metaverse is already here, it's called the internet
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#32I'm a software developer and i pass literraly 80% of my time working to make my family survive to this world, and honestly the only thing that i have in mind it's to flippin go in the forest for a walk, i don't understand the thing of wanting so much to be isolated and wear a fucking VR mask, this world is fucked up !
I have an oculus, which I bought mostly out of interest. Not really a gamer. Anyway, I use it once or twice a month to play a zombie shooting game with my brother, who lives overseas. We shoot zombies for an hour and chat. It feels kind of similar to golfing, bowling or somesuch. We can't do those in person, so we do it in VR. So for me, VR is kind of a comms tool. A place to catch up. Alternative to video calls. Cal…
Meh? Everything you described has been occurring over the internet for 30ish years already. We didn’t need Facebook or VR for it.
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#33> In the end, the metaverse will be the internet, but mostly experienced through the medium of VR/AR. Depends on who gives the smart glasses it's 'killer app' and the ecosystem it needs to take off and who ever executes that properly, will win. The games are going to come first. Probably will come from either Meta, Apple, Google or Microsoft. Most likely from Meta with the support of the Web and PWA's first. > In the…
> The games are going to come first.
Adult content also had a role in the rise of VHS cassettes and the early internet.
Re: The metaverse is already here, it's called the internet
#34"Welcome to our walled garden, please don't eat from the tree of knowledge"
Re: The metaverse is already here, it's called the internet
#35> In the end, the metaverse will be the internet, but mostly experienced through the medium of VR/AR. Depends on who gives the smart glasses it's 'killer app' and the ecosystem it needs to take off and who ever executes that properly, will win. The games are going to come first. Probably will come from either Meta, Apple, Google or Microsoft. Most likely from Meta with the support of the Web and PWA's first. > In the…
Smartwatches aren't new in the same way smartglasses will be new. Watches weren't new, calculator watches were introduced almost half a century ago, the concept had a ton of time to mature. A HUD/AR capable smartglasses will be an entirely new concept that has so far failed spectacularly every time it has been tried. Not saying it won't happen, just that it'll need a lot more time to mature as a consumer product than…
My whole point is about execution, rather than something being 'new'.
It's not about being first or introducing something 'entirely' new, it's about the overall execution of the concept which then leads to mass adoption and who ever does that properly with a 'killer app' and ecosystem behind it, wins.
Can you tell me who currently leads in the smartwatches market?
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#36I'm a software developer and i pass literraly 80% of my time working to make my family survive to this world, and honestly the only thing that i have in mind it's to flippin go in the forest for a walk, i don't understand the thing of wanting so much to be isolated and wear a fucking VR mask, this world is fucked up !
I share your feeling, but most people i know who grew up in the big cities don't even have any form of connection with or appreciation for nature. It's just not part of their "natural environment".
Nation States and corporations have rendered the western world so meaningless and painful that most of us will do anything to get out of it for a while... whether it's via drugs or VR or whatever means at our disposal.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have an oculus, which I bought mostly out of interest. Not really a gamer. Anyway, I use it once or twice a month to play a zombie shooting game with my brother, who lives overseas. We shoot zombies for an hour and chat. It feels kind of similar to golfing, bowling or somesuch. We can't do those in person, so we do it in VR. So for me, VR is kind of a comms tool. A place to catch up. Alternative to video calls. Cal…
Meh? Everything you described has been occurring over the internet for 30ish years already. We didn’t need Facebook or VR for it.
Of course.
We definitely don't need fb. VR though, is another mode. We don't necessarily need it, but having it does give us something new.
Re: The metaverse is already here, it's called the internet
#38I'm a software developer and i pass literraly 80% of my time working to make my family survive to this world, and honestly the only thing that i have in mind it's to flippin go in the forest for a walk, i don't understand the thing of wanting so much to be isolated and wear a fucking VR mask, this world is fucked up !
Most people don't want that though, and that is why VR was a bust (compared to last century's dreams I mean).
Re: The metaverse is already here, it's called the internet
#39I'm a software developer and i pass literraly 80% of my time working to make my family survive to this world, and honestly the only thing that i have in mind it's to flippin go in the forest for a walk, i don't understand the thing of wanting so much to be isolated and wear a fucking VR mask, this world is fucked up !
it’s strange, i think it’s because the fact the we work with computers all day, to others it’s play time because it doesn’t remind them of fixing bugs or working with spreadsheets all day
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#40> You log in with your VR headset, create your avatar (that can look like anything you want) and spend all your time in there because it’s so much better than your pathetic real life.
All your time ... or rather until the skin on your face gets irritated due to weiring the headset with a microatmosphere within. Man, this must be a bummer returning to your dystopic shitty apartment. We already consider social media interaction as kin to regular drug consumption (stimulants I suppose) then that experience will be sort of a come down hang over.
> The metaverse is already here, and it’s called the internet.
I beg to differ - experiencing a virtual reality through a comfortable 3D head set is more immersive and exciting.
> Mark Zuckerberg is touting open protocols and interoperability.
"Open" probably just means that they will openly document their APIs.