Facebook Renames to Meta • Hacker News Board

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by cblconfederate » Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 7:37 AM UTC

pronlover723 wrote: post #442

Facebook is the worst place to have a metaverse. The metaverse to me is where you get your freak on. Just look at VRChat or Second Life, it's full of people in highly sexualized outfits doing sexual things. I don't want Facebook (or any company) associating my sexual persona with a real name account.

yeah people don't get it. virtual life is called virtual for a reason. Who would want a copy of real life with plastic 3d avatars. If people are really into this , i have a pair of sunglasses to sell you for $4000. It's like the real world, slightly tinted

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by cblconfederate » Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 7:38 AM UTC

DethNinja wrote: post #271

Any of the FAANG workers here please tell me why all the large companies are trying to create metaverse? I’ve been playing MUDs, MMOs since their very beginnings and literally metaverse doesn’t interest me. So who is their target audience that they can spend billions on this metaverse? And how metaverse will be different than Second Life? Give us some insider knowledge please.

Why were they trying to make self driving cars or AI or VR games some time ago? Their real product is their stock value

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by cblconfederate » Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 7:41 AM UTC

nanomonkey wrote: post #575

Damn, I love the term "meta", and generally enjoy meta concepts (metamodernism, metacognition, metaverse, metamorphosis, etc.). This taints the term terribly.

Keep using it. Meta is a commonly used term in sciences etc. Facebook can go change itself to something more distinct, don't let them control language

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by cblconfederate » Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 7:43 AM UTC

shoto_io wrote: post #42

Let’s have a “Meta” discussion about this rebrand.

rebranding seems to be in vogue among colossal-market-cap big tech. I wonder what will Apple rebrand to ? I think "Rounded corners" would be appropriate

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

#915

Post by cblconfederate » Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 7:45 AM UTC

mycentstoo wrote: post #67

Metabook? Instameta? WhatsMeta?

Metazuck

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by tipiirai » Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 7:47 AM UTC

Mark's vision is a polished version of what is actually going to happen, which is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by mattowen_uk » Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 7:57 AM UTC

Tiktaalik wrote: post #248

bduerst wrote: post #105

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I thought the market has repeatedly shown there isn't much demand for persistent virtual worlds?

What you mean to tell me folks didn't love Playstation Home?

I thought PlayStation Home had promise, but Sony didn't invest enough into it. It was very limited, and didn't have enough for people to do.

I did enjoy wandering around the TARDIS though.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by mattowen_uk » Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 7:59 AM UTC

ryandrake wrote: post #236

ssully wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Our version of a persistent virtual space was never going to be like fiction. There will be 3 or more competing metaverses, none of which have any interoperability.

Or hundreds of incompatible little ones. If VR really takes off "We need to add chat to our app" will become "We need to add our own metaverse to our app."

I predict that VR will really take off at the same time as 'The Year of the Linux Desktop'.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by sytelus » Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 8:05 AM UTC

y4mi wrote: post #436

darthvoldemort wrote: post #201

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Maybe I'm too old, but I don't know a single person with Oculus, not even among my younger coworkers. I don't discount that it could be the next big thing, because wtf do I know, but it feels very niche to me, and certainly not something that can get the engagement like a phone can. And in terms of money, Facebook itself is a printing press, I wonder what the business model is for this? Selling games or experiences?…

I got one. My honest opinion is that it's potential is immense, but I wouldn't suggest anyone to get one atm. Professional headsets will likely become more widespread over the coming years and I fully expect that most desk jobs will replace their displays with a headset... But that's still at least 10 yrs off, likely longer. A prerequisite would be that it's not as stuffy/heavy to wear, but that's already happening a…

Do you have headaches wearing it? How long can you go on wearing it?

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by mattowen_uk » Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 8:05 AM UTC

echelon wrote: post #86

daviding wrote: post #36

If there is going to be a metaverse, I'm not sure I want Facebook to own it. It's like a bad sci-fi pulp story. Given their investment and research, I wonder if they should open it all up (even if contradictory to short-term gains in ad revenue) so it has a chance to grow? Federate it a bit more than they are comfortable with, to at least give it a chance. I could see this flubbing out hard otherwise. I'm personally…

We could rename metaverse. Maybe derive prefixes from chemistry? Meta, ortho, para. Paraverse. Orthoverse. We can't keep using metaverse now.

My job has now become more difficult:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Identity_Integration....