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I don't understand what Facebook is even doing in terms of a metaverse. Like they have the VR goggles, but what are they actually doing with it? Coincidentally
by TillE 5y ago
I don't understand what Facebook is even doing in terms of a metaverse. Like they have the VR goggles, but what are they actually doing with it?
Coincidentally, MMO developer Raph Koster (Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies) has recently been detailing in a series of articles what his new company is doing in terms of building a metaverse, and it's pretty exciting in gaming terms.
https://www.playableworlds.com/news/riffs-by-raph:-online-world-or-metaverse/ https://www.playableworlds.com/news/riffs-by-raph:-online-wo...
- fullshark 5y agoThis was their previous attempt: https://youtu.be/PVf3m7e7OKU https://youtu.be/PVf3m7e7OKU Which I guess became Facebook Horizon https://socialmediahq.com/whatever-happened-to-the-hype-surrounding-social-media-and-vr/ https://socialmediahq.com/whatever-happened-to-the-hype-surr...
- isoskeles 5y agoMaybe they'll try to make it so you can spend time with AI, VR avatars of your dead loved ones (like in Caprica, the prequel to the remake of Battlestar Galactica).
- Kinrany 5y agoIt doesn't sound any more open than then Facebookverse, so it'll just get bought out eventually.
- MBCook 5y agoThey’re getting investor money. So far that seems to be it.
- grantc 5y agoEven if they're at 0% done in terms of what happens after you connect to a digital world via immersive conduits, $10B a year can put a dent in that burndown.
- shostack 5y agoIf you haven't had the chance, I'd suggest watching the FB Connect keyboard. It couldn't really be more explicitly spelled out in terms of the long term vision and the road to get there.