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Please grace us with your superior definition. - Is a metaverse a VR replacement for the entire online experience? This is most likely unattainable and unreali
by RodgerTheGreat 5y ago
Please grace us with your superior definition.
- Is a metaverse a VR replacement for the entire online experience? This is most likely unattainable and unrealistic. Full immersion is undesirable and impractical for many, if not most, of the things people do today on the web.
- Is a metaverse "less gamey" than a game? Not a useful distinction to draw. You can hang out with friends in Minecraft and ignore any aspect of the game you don't care for, if you wish. Having mechanics is usually a benefit and not a hazard. Take most of the features of a game away and leave only a first-person chat room, and the result is anemic. VRChat already exists and handles that niche well, anyway.
- Is a metaverse an "open market" with many federated members? Facebook isn't trying to do this. Everyone shilling metaverses wants lock-in and exclusivity.
- Is a metaverse a "closed market" in which smaller economic players can participate, like the iOS store? How is this fundamentally unlike e.g. Steam, with a social network and chat features that span games in an ecosystem that includes third party vendors?
Metaverses are just a buzzword dreamed up by people who don't play video games, but have a strong opinion for what would be the "best ever" multiplayer experience. As a consequence, all the focus is on things that have nothing to do with a game or an experience; just monetization models, restrictions, marketing.
- tenuousemphasis 5y agoLet me Google that for you... >A metaverse is a network of 3D virtual worlds focused on social connection. In futurism and science fiction, it is often described as a hypothetical iteration of the Internet as a single, universal virtual world that is facilitated by the use of virtual and augmented reality headsets. The term was coined by Neal Stephenson in Snow Crash, so if you haven't read that yet, you should.
- GauntletWizard 5y agoWhat part of Fortnite doesn't fit that definition? It's definitely focused on Social Connection - It's multiplayer only, and while you can drop solo, all of the features are around interacting with your friends or bragging to your opponents. It is not just one 3d world, there are many game modes that are accessible through a virtual lobby. Is it lacking VR integration? It's already playable on many VR headsets as a cinema experience, but that is truthfully no the primary experience. It seems only a matter of time, though, as Epic has already teased and announced a number of VR projects and tooling for their engine.
- tenuousemphasis 5y agoIt's... not focused on social connection? It's a fucking third person shooter.
- GauntletWizard 5y agohttps://youtu.be/JSxNW5dDYEY https://youtu.be/JSxNW5dDYEY
- tenuousemphasis 5y agohttps://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat