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> and soon the metaverse That assumes Meta's plans for the metaverse ever pay off, and in my humble opinion, that's less than certain.
by mathlover2 5y ago
> and soon the metaverse
That assumes Meta's plans for the metaverse ever pay off, and in my humble opinion, that's less than certain.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoI think it will do well. I really like VR and I see the added value. It really offers something new. I'm not sure if I trust Facebook with making it something worth using for me. They seem focused on becoming the middle man for selling content like Apple with their app store. Which sounds good. I can get on board with that. But I think their mindset will draw them back into datamining, 'engagement' and ads anyway. They're just employing too many people that are really good at it.. It's hard to turn the corporate equivalent of an aircraft carrier around. But I hope I'm wrong. However when it becomes a success, competitors will come up with a different focus. They will have demonstrated the added value and others will jump in. Either way it's going to be good for VR. I think they really have something with this. And it's a ballsy move going all-in on it. They regained some of my respect for it.
- mathlover2 5y agoI think VR will definitely take off as a gaming medium. I don't think it's going to take off as a Metaverse for social media. From what I can gather, most people don't want to work and live with an Oculus Rift headset on most of the day. Heck, a lot of people couldn't stand being restricted to Zoom and other internet interaction during lockdown (admittedly I didn't mind as most of my social life was online anyway prior to the lockdown.) Imagine trying to make all of that happen via VR headsets instead of tablets and screens.