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Facebook is investing 10 billion dollars into the metaverse this year alone and will increase this amount in the future. They can probably make the Metaverse a

by Tepix 5y ago

Facebook is investing 10 billion dollars into the metaverse this year alone and will increase this amount in the future. They can probably make the Metaverse an open standard like the web and still end up with one of the most popular hubs. If people who value their privacy can setup their own hubs, i'm pretty much OK with Facebook speeding up the advancement of AR/VR technology for the next several years using their advertisement dollars.

micromacrofoot 5y ago
>They can probably make the Metaverse an open standard like the web Thanks I needed the laugh.
- gubatron 5y ago
  you need to watch the keynote. Zuckerberg wants to leave behind a better legacy.
- jephdo 5y ago
  Fwiw that is the stated intention: > I think the most important piece here is that the virtual goods and digital economy that’s going to get built out, that that can be interoperable. It’s not just about you build an app or an experience that can work across our headset or someone else’s, I think it’s really important that basically if you have your avatar and your digital clothes and your digital tools and the experiences around that — I think being able to take that to other experiences that other people build, whether it’s on a platform that we’re building or not, is going to be really foundational and will unlock a lot of value if that’s a thing that we can do. https://stratechery.com/2021/an-interview-with-mark-zuckerberg-about-the-metaverse/ https://stratechery.com/2021/an-interview-with-mark-zuckerbe...
  - int_19h 5y ago
    Talk is cheap. When did Facebook ever care about interop?
  - micromacrofoot 5y ago
    they talk about everything like this, it’s vague pr speak that sounds open, but it never is… remember when they were trying to tell developing countries that “free basics” was the internet? if they don’t have a marketplace that wraps what “other people build” I’ll eat my hat
  - deltron3030 5y ago
    > MZ: I think it’s really important that basically if you have your avatar and your digital clothes and your digital tools and the experiences around that — I think being able to take that to other experiences that other people build, whether it’s on a platform that we’re building or not, is going to be really foundational and will unlock a lot of value if that’s a thing that we can do. A digital identity registry/provider? Did they finally recognize that gamers or people in virtual worlds want to escape their RL identity? Or is it just another hopeless try to enforce their digital "singular identity" authoritarianism?

by Tepix 5y ago

micromacrofoot 5y ago

>They can probably make the Metaverse an open standard like the web Thanks I needed the laugh.

gubatron 5y ago
you need to watch the keynote. Zuckerberg wants to leave behind a better legacy.
jephdo 5y ago
Fwiw that is the stated intention: > I think the most important piece here is that the virtual goods and digital economy that’s going to get built out, that that can be interoperable. It’s not just about you build an app or an experience that can work across our headset or someone else’s, I think it’s really important that basically if you have your avatar and your digital clothes and your digital tools and the experiences around that — I think being able to take that to other experiences that other people build, whether it’s on a platform that we’re building or not, is going to be really foundational and will unlock a lot of value if that’s a thing that we can do. https://stratechery.com/2021/an-interview-with-mark-zuckerberg-about-the-metaverse/ https://stratechery.com/2021/an-interview-with-mark-zuckerbe...
- int_19h 5y ago
  Talk is cheap. When did Facebook ever care about interop?
- micromacrofoot 5y ago
  they talk about everything like this, it’s vague pr speak that sounds open, but it never is… remember when they were trying to tell developing countries that “free basics” was the internet? if they don’t have a marketplace that wraps what “other people build” I’ll eat my hat
- deltron3030 5y ago
  > MZ: I think it’s really important that basically if you have your avatar and your digital clothes and your digital tools and the experiences around that — I think being able to take that to other experiences that other people build, whether it’s on a platform that we’re building or not, is going to be really foundational and will unlock a lot of value if that’s a thing that we can do. A digital identity registry/provider? Did they finally recognize that gamers or people in virtual worlds want to escape their RL identity? Or is it just another hopeless try to enforce their digital "singular identity" authoritarianism?