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I'm convinced that as long as "metaverse" is a thing that involves putting on a nerdy pair of goggles to participate the whole concept is going precisely nowher
by dzdt 4y ago
I'm convinced that as long as "metaverse" is a thing that involves putting on a nerdy pair of goggles to participate the whole concept is going precisely nowhere with the general population. Its like 3d TV: no one has any interest in putting special hardware on their face to participate in things like that.
- p1necone 4y agoThe thing that bewilders me is that this has already been done with stuff like VRChat, but FB seems to think they can come along with a weird sanitized corporate version of the same thing that doesn't do anything at all new and actually attract users?
- tblflpr 4y agoYou mean like how FB made a weird sanitized collegiate version of MySpace that didn’t do anything at all new? Edit: My mistake — Zuck added a poke button.
- p1necone 4y agoI don't know why we should assume that a company will be successful in one area just because they've been successful in a totally different area - I wouldn't expect a text/photo based social media company to succeed at creating... whatever this is any more than I would expect Toyota to win the fast food market (although VW does make sausages...). My prediction: the successful "metaverses" will either be created by totally new companies/indie devs, or by an established game developer (I know this stuff has some overlap with the social media wheelhouse, but no more than say World of Warcraft does). Ideally someone creates some common open protocol for 3d/VR/AR social spaces that catches on, but I won't hold my breath. (I know there's a few projects like this around already)
- celdon25 4y agoHaven't they already been successful with the VR hardware? They've also had a games platform for many years now. "Totally different area" is a bit of a stretch.
- p1necone 4y agoOculus was an aqcuisition, although I guess it does prove that Facebook at least had the taste to know that Oculus was doing a good job.
- colinmhayes 4y agoThey're probably right. No one else is providing a headset as good as the quest 2 at the same price point, because no one else has $10 billion a year to burn,
- p1necone 4y agoI know the headset is good, but they still have to compete with other software.
- Karrot_Kream 4y agoWell we have a world where both Slack and Discord exists so I can see FB trying to position itself as Slack to VRChat (or Neos or Rec Room)'s Discord.
- onepointsixC 4y agoMore than just that, to really have a sense of your own avatar in VRChat you need a model which you either make yourself or you pay someone else to make. Meta is going for a frictionless Memoji like avatar that let's you get going with something that can represent you.
- celdon25 4y agoI'm probably in the minority, but I won't run VRChat because of the EAC kernel-mode spyware they're using. The other competitors, Neos and ChilloutVR, are doing a poor job of even getting the basics executed. Regardless of the outcome, I'd welcome a competing platform that is run by actual professionals (unlike ChilloutVR).