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To be completely honest, I don't really know what people mean when they talk about a "metaverse". But if I had to define it one way or the other, I feel like I
by xboxnolifes 5y ago
To be completely honest, I don't really know what people mean when they talk about a "metaverse".
But if I had to define it one way or the other, I feel like I already have, and interact with, a sort of metaverse. I play various video games with various people, talking and interacting with friends for these games on Discord, interacting with the larger community of these games on Discord/Reddit, engaging with influencer communities on Twitch/Youtube, and follow game news on Reddit/Twitter/Youtube/Forums.
In the same vein, I've learned a tremendous amount about computer science, software engineering, job hunting, smaller hobbies, and plenty of other various things through the same set of things that make up my gaming metaverse (Forums/Discord/Youtube/Reddit/HackerNews/etc). It doesn't overlap with the same people I interact with for gaming, but I wouldn't expect the people to overlap much. The platforms are still the same.
And it doesn't really stop there, these are just the two big things I can think of.
So I guess I'm asking, what is the "Metaverse" trying to do? Take what we currently already have, but make it more cohesive? The only other thing I can think of would be a full-dive VR world experience, but I'm fairly sure we aren't even close to that.
- gremloni 5y agoThe gold standard would be the matrix but one that you’re aware you’re in and can leave at any time.
- 72deluxe 5y agoI am pretty sure that the gold standard would be real life. It doesn't require energy or batteries to just exist in real life, unlike the army of devices that will be required to support all this new tech and network infrastructure. Very odd that on one hand there is a push towards saving the Earth and the carbon crisis, and on the other hand excitement towards technology that lets everyone stick their head in the sand.
- CRConrad 5y ago> and on the other hand excitement towards technology that lets everyone stick their head in the sand. Well TBF, isn't that what culture has been for since the invention of the first song and story?
- snarf21 5y agoHe wants an even more addictive version of the "Ready Player One" Oasis but minus the contest to give it away, he wants to ascend.
- AlwaysRock 5y agoI think the idea is there is a hub where all of those things are connected and live to some extend. Like if your web browser was basically a mmo experience and when you went to do any of the things you mentioned some type of avatar that represents you would be present doing those things rather than just cookies and network traffic from your computer. My understanding is its just a way to do all the things you do currently but in a more "connected" way.
- colordrops 5y agoWhy is no one building open standards or protocols anymore? Way back when, there was VRML, which would be a layer on top of the web, and you could jump from site to site but in 3D space instead of underlined links. Yes, VRML failed, but we've had over 20 years and a massive amount of progress since then. Is there any reason the metaverse couldn't be distributed and sit on top of current web standards?
- GhettoComputers 5y agoAdoption is the issue, not the lack of open standards.
- colordrops 5y agoWhat are the standards around this? I was unaware of much, if any, recent development on such standards. Even so why is no one with adequate resources working on growing adoption of standards, whether it be academia, DARPA, or corporate entities?
- GhettoComputers 5y agoStandards of online networking or the metaverse? Its the internet. You can run 3D crap in a browser.
- colordrops 5y ago"you can run crap on nand gates"
- GhettoComputers 5y agoWhich of these "metaverse" applications don't run online?
- colordrops 5y ago