There are four distinct things i think can be referred to as “a metaverse”
1) the NFT sphere: dead
2) decentraland type Roblox clones: dead
3) meta’s nonsense: i assume it is “alive” but at a low user pop
4) vrchat: as far as I’m concerned, the “real” metaverse, imo. It’s doing fine
For all intents and purposes i think vrchat most closely resembles the promise of a metaverse more than any of the companies that actually pushed the term do (vrchat does not use that term!)
Hey quick question, what do the metaverse, cryptocurrency, & AI all have in common?
Give you a hint: begins with a "G", ends with "PU".
In hindsight, it should have been obvious why NFTs started up just as metaverse was losing steam, & ChatGPT was rolled out as the NFT bubble was bursting
The second subtitle for my very dumb book is "A GPU Ghost Story for the Terminally Online."
Can the internet become haunted by big tech's failed ideas? And if it's all just GPUs underneath, isn't it just one big video game? Imagine Wreck it Ralph for very fucked up 'adults.'
failed tech is sometimes more interesting than the tech we see, although in this case it is interesting in that it commemorates a period of reckless tech expansion and greed
the thing is, VR is very cool. it's "almost good" for video games in its current state. meta quest 3 and PSVR2 are reasonably priced. occasionally you get a brief moment of total amazement and wonder
what makes 'the metaverse' lame is using that same tech to do legless zoom meetings
Landmark antitrust trial could force Zuckerberg to sell Instagram.
"The US competition and consumer watchdog alleges that Meta, which already owned Facebook, bought Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 to eliminate competition, effectively giving itself a monopoly."
It’s on the blockchain and you use web3 to get there. You spend a solana nickel to login and everyone loves it, it’s a real thing, and the brilliant people who made it are now kind and happy and should be trusted and totally aren’t gritting through angry tears hawking LLM AI slop
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1) the NFT sphere: dead
2) decentraland type Roblox clones: dead
3) meta’s nonsense: i assume it is “alive” but at a low user pop
4) vrchat: as far as I’m concerned, the “real” metaverse, imo. It’s doing fine
inspired me to write a book about a world full of not-quite-ready tech. "liminal cyberpunk" if you will
Give you a hint: begins with a "G", ends with "PU".
In hindsight, it should have been obvious why NFTs started up just as metaverse was losing steam, & ChatGPT was rolled out as the NFT bubble was bursting
The second subtitle for my very dumb book is "A GPU Ghost Story for the Terminally Online."
Can the internet become haunted by big tech's failed ideas? And if it's all just GPUs underneath, isn't it just one big video game? Imagine Wreck it Ralph for very fucked up 'adults.'
I may have to check that out once you release it. You got a way to notify people when it comes out?
what makes 'the metaverse' lame is using that same tech to do legless zoom meetings
https://youtu.be/EiZhdpLXZ8Q?si=4DutBrjRQIs3AiZx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zbi0XmGtMw
Largely through decentraland, but the a lot of the criticism is aimed at the core concept.
https://youtu.be/EiZhdpLXZ8Q?si=-viaAfHRnTe_kzRF
But that’s nothing against this one. It’s really an embarrassment of riches with his work.
"The US competition and consumer watchdog alleges that Meta, which already owned Facebook, bought Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 to eliminate competition, effectively giving itself a monopoly."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedy2ygy50do
Zuck spent $45B to build a slightly better Second Life, I'm shocked people didn't flock to it. 😆