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I will always say VR, I will never say "metaverse". Their branding move was bold, yet unconvincing.
by CiPHPerCoder 4y ago
I will always say VR, I will never say "metaverse".
Their branding move was bold, yet unconvincing.
- tmn 4y agoVr is a subset of the ‘metaverse’. The metaverse isn’t really something new. It’s just a rebranding of the portion of our lives that are contained within the digital realm. On top of that there are obviously ideas for how to adapt and grow that space, which is all to be seen
- tonguez 4y ago“It’s just a rebranding of the portion of our lives that are contained within the digital realm.” none of my life is “contained” within shitbook
- tmn 4y agoLol that’s fine. Metaverse isn’t specific to shitbook. You’re on the metaverse via hn. At the end of the day, I think it’s dumb. I’m just iron manning the justification of the rebrand
- tomrod 4y agoNo, you and I and parent commenter are on the world wide web on HN. I see no 3d Second Life models interacting.
- grumbel 4y agoThe Metaverse, at least in theory, is the connection of all aspects of your digital existence into a seamless whole. It wouldn't be limited to Facebook, it would give you a digital identity you can freely carry between websites, VR environments and devices. In reality of course none of that exists and Meta has so far not shown how they plan to accomplish that. Worse yet, Facebook is directly responsible for making things not seamless on the Internet and in VR. So I don't have much hope (or fear) of them actually being successful in building that. But their vision is a lot broader than just Facebook in VR.
- a0zU 4y agoBased
- nwsm 4y agoMeta's metaverse is centered on VR, but generally, metaverse and VR are orthogonal