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The thing I don't understand about the Metaverse is, if it was going to be any good, we would have it now with mouse, keyboard, and a nice big 4k monitor. _What

The thing I don't understand about the Metaverse is, if it was going to be any good, we would have it now with mouse, keyboard, and a nice big 4k monitor. _What you do_ in the metaverse doesn't really have anything to do with goggles you strap on your face. The goggles are just supposed to improve the immersion. If Facebook wants to make this work they need to get into the business of making multiplayer games for everyday people. They need a huge catalog of virtual experiences with as much variety and content as Netflix's catalog. I have no doubt that for $15 a month a huge amount of people would switch over from watching TV in the evening to hanging out in virtual worlds doing interesting stuff. Then once everybody is playing these games on their playstation, xbox, or pc, they can upsell them on a VR rig.

Uhhrrr 5y ago
Maybe they can just buy Roblox.
neop1x 5y ago
"virtual experiences" sounds a lot like Roblox. Unless they acquire Roblox I can't imagine them doing "virtual experiences". So far they failed with anything other than selling ads. Messenger is so bad, that even the notification sound can't be changed. Marketplace is so bad that filtering barely works, seller reviews almost nonexistent, alerts working randomly. Facebook post reporting is terrible, they helps escalate conflicts, spread disinformation. Whatsapp and Instagram are just their "assets" they hold without innovations. I wish they never acquired Oculus. I hate Facebook so much! They are like an insect, making people lives worse and sucking blood while doing so.
cblconfederate 5y ago
We have it already since 20 years ago. Second life was the most talked about, at some point companies and governments were setting up virtual offices there. But it s become niche , and the company behind it is brain dead. I don't know why facebook pretends it invented this stuff. VR glasses are nice and new, but don't make such a huge difference as people think. In fact they are very constrained in terms of what you can do in world

Uhhrrr 5y ago

Maybe they can just buy Roblox.

neop1x 5y ago

"virtual experiences" sounds a lot like Roblox. Unless they acquire Roblox I can't imagine them doing "virtual experiences". So far they failed with anything other than selling ads. Messenger is so bad, that even the notification sound can't be changed. Marketplace is so bad that filtering barely works, seller reviews almost nonexistent, alerts working randomly. Facebook post reporting is terrible, they helps escalate conflicts, spread disinformation. Whatsapp and Instagram are just their "assets" they hold without innovations. I wish they never acquired Oculus. I hate Facebook so much! They are like an insect, making people lives worse and sucking blood while doing so.

cblconfederate 5y ago

We have it already since 20 years ago. Second life was the most talked about, at some point companies and governments were setting up virtual offices there. But it s become niche , and the company behind it is brain dead. I don't know why facebook pretends it invented this stuff. VR glasses are nice and new, but don't make such a huge difference as people think. In fact they are very constrained in terms of what you can do in world