I don't see a metaverse being a real possibility without a better brain-computer interface. A stepping stone to that is probably a better and cheaper Google Glass, but definitely not some bulky face hugger VR headset
Is there any evidence that the technology for the meta verse is anywhere near ready? The underlying tech of VR has been 5 years away for the last decade, consumer adoption of the early devices is mixed at best.
This reminds me of the old MS office videos that looked so cool but were ultimately just vapor ware.
If you ask my kids, they'd say yes. RecRoom on the Quest2 is a huge and fun. It's full of social spaces and games. They'd spend all day on it if we'd allow it.
The big ideas were that screens would be everywhere, and dedicated animated touch interfaces would be the default computing interface. This motivated the development of the windows 8 and Microsoft surface line of products to at least a certain extent - but looking at the videos it’s clear that nothing remotely like what they show would have been possible/common in 2020.
The "Metaverse" is such a vauge and boundryless concept that's it's almost meaningless. You could argue that email and the Internet are already a kind of "metaverse."
Facebook's announcement says more about Facebook than the product/solution that Zuckerber is pitching.
The "metaverse" should be a collection of tools that people choose to use; like the Internet. Facebook would like to take away that choice. It would like control and to monopolize.
Jonathan Haidt gave an interesting talk on the psychological make-up of those who created so-called social networks. I posted a transcript online, which has curiously disappeared from the Intertubes :o
I can't exactly remember and I can't find it online and I didn't keep a copy. I posted a number of transcripts to interesting stuff. Some self appointed gatekeeper decided to suspend the account and wipe all previous posts.
Once again Wired reminds us that controversy sells clicks.
The barrier to entry to compete with Facebook is too high, they have too much power over humanity and they are alleged to have abused that power, so they will be scaled back, just like those who came before them (AT&T, IBM, etc.) Not sure what they are planning matters while this process is playing out, but click on…
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 49.2 ms ] threadThis reminds me of the old MS office videos that looked so cool but were ultimately just vapor ware.
Here is the first one that I could find, as far as I can tell Microsoft doesn’t distribute them anymore.
https://youtu.be/8Ff7SzP4gfg
The big ideas were that screens would be everywhere, and dedicated animated touch interfaces would be the default computing interface. This motivated the development of the windows 8 and Microsoft surface line of products to at least a certain extent - but looking at the videos it’s clear that nothing remotely like what they show would have been possible/common in 2020.
Facebook's announcement says more about Facebook than the product/solution that Zuckerber is pitching.
The "metaverse" should be a collection of tools that people choose to use; like the Internet. Facebook would like to take away that choice. It would like control and to monopolize.
I can't exactly remember and I can't find it online and I didn't keep a copy. I posted a number of transcripts to interesting stuff. Some self appointed gatekeeper decided to suspend the account and wipe all previous posts.
The barrier to entry to compete with Facebook is too high, they have too much power over humanity and they are alleged to have abused that power, so they will be scaled back, just like those who came before them (AT&T, IBM, etc.) Not sure what they are planning matters while this process is playing out, but click on…
Can't say I'm surprised that Facebook continues to suck.