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If you watch kids interact with technology today, you’ll see that there’s already several thriving metaverses in the form of Fortnite, Roblox, and Minecraft. Th
by gretch 4y ago
If you watch kids interact with technology today, you’ll see that there’s already several thriving metaverses in the form of Fortnite, Roblox, and Minecraft. These services no longer function as games in the traditional sense where there’s an objective you complete to win or lose. I mean yes there’s some of that in there still, but you’ll also see they mainly function as digital hangout places where avatars just goof and dance or attend a virtual Travis Scott concert.
To me these are proofs of concept that meta verse is a real thing. The open questions are if these experiences will eventually transition to VR, or if traditional form factors are immersive enough; and if Facebook can make a more compelling experience than the existing services.
- robryan 4y agoMaybe if Facebook was building their own Roblox or similar people might get behind that. It seems to be all in on VR though.
- bombolo 4y agoThe BBC was interviewing some Meta employee in India that was claiming VR is going to be absolutely necessary and Indian families should plan to buy VR sets because they will be needed for the education of their children. It felt so detached, and the interviewer was very mellow, only saying that perhaps the cost is a problem, but the Meta guy insisted that it's needed so they have to find the money.
- brucethemoose2 4y agoThis is a pattern I saw in Google employees as well. Its like they're living on a different planet. I mean, I've been to Palo Alto, and its crazy... but not that crazy.
- mFixman 4y agoFacebook is incapable of building their own Roblox: even their ultra-sanitised always-smiling Horizon Worlds gets piled on by the media with dramatic accusations of VR bullying and VR harassment. Imagine the kind of pearl clutching you would find in The Guardian if Zuck built something closer to VR Chat or Roblox.
- red-iron-pine 4y agoClub Penguin, but 3d
- cableshaft 4y agoThey're trying with Horizon Worlds. The creator tools in it are kinda neat, if limited, but otherwise it feels too sterile to be all that interesting, especially to kids.