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If Horizon worlds is not the entire meta verse, can you name any other metaverses? Can a regular person? And don't say things like RecRoom, because those exis

If Horizon worlds is not the entire meta verse, can you name any other metaverses? Can a regular person? And don't say things like RecRoom, because those exist independent of the billions Facebook spent on meta

T-A 4y ago
> can you name any other metaverses? [...] don't say things like RecRoom, because those exist independent of the billions Facebook spent on meta You seem to believe that only things financed by Facebook qualify as "metaverse", a concept which existed long before Facebook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse
- zamadatix 4y ago
  Note that link would have returned a page saying the article didn't exist prior to Facebook's announcements. While the term certainly existed prior to Facebook what made it anywhere close to common was Facebook's investment and media coverage which not only resulted in the above article but general use of the term for the first time, see the first small bump and the second overwhelming bump: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=metaverse&hl=en https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge... Sometimes a big corporation coming along and taking over a term that was barely ever used happens. When people talk of it having happened you can still take them seriously even if you don't like that the word was co-opted.
- GenerocUsername 4y ago
  You are conflating the industry term 'metaverse' with Facebooks billions of investments and huge PR push on their 'Metaverse' which has so far been solely Horizon Worlds. Similarly, despite the obscure industry term predating Facebooks push, it is not a common term, and even techies do not think of Minecraft and other digital worlds as being 'Facebooks Metaverse'. A company cannot just start using a term and then retroactivly justify their expense based on other external examples.
  - T-A 4y ago
    > You are conflating the industry term 'metaverse' with Facebooks billions of investments and huge PR push on their 'Metaverse' No, you are. > it is not a common term, and even techies do not think of Minecraft and other digital worlds as being 'Facebooks Metaverse' Here's a well-publicized example of techies persistently doing just that: October 2021: https://medium.com/@ow/the-metaverse-is-already-here-its-called-fortnite-3a7d92e4acfd https://medium.com/@ow/the-metaverse-is-already-here-its-cal... August 2022: https://tech.hindustantimes.com/gaming/news/fortnite-gamemaker-epic-ceo-says-metaverse-is-a-multi-trillion-dollar-opportunity-71637175468720.html https://tech.hindustantimes.com/gaming/news/fortnite-gamemak... September 2022: https://mashable.com/article/fortnite-is-the-real-metaverse https://mashable.com/article/fortnite-is-the-real-metaverse September 2022: https://nordic.ign.com/fortnite/60374/opinion/how-fortnite-is-the-antidote-to-metaverse-skepticism https://nordic.ign.com/fortnite/60374/opinion/how-fortnite-i... December 2022: https://mixed-news.com/en/fortnite-studio-epic-games-develops-metaverse-programming-language/ https://mixed-news.com/en/fortnite-studio-epic-games-develop... December 2022: https://coingape.com/education/explained-fortnite-game-and-why-fortnite-is-being-called-a-real-metaverse-virtual-music-concerts-travis-scott-arianna-grande/ https://coingape.com/education/explained-fortnite-game-and-w...
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madeofpalk 4y ago
Minecraft? Why must the metaverse be the result of billions Facebook invested? Maybe Facebook spent billions on attempting to clone Minecraft, and failed?

T-A 4y ago

> can you name any other metaverses? [...] don't say things like RecRoom, because those exist independent of the billions Facebook spent on meta You seem to believe that only things financed by Facebook qualify as "metaverse", a concept which existed long before Facebook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse

zamadatix 4y ago
Note that link would have returned a page saying the article didn't exist prior to Facebook's announcements. While the term certainly existed prior to Facebook what made it anywhere close to common was Facebook's investment and media coverage which not only resulted in the above article but general use of the term for the first time, see the first small bump and the second overwhelming bump: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=metaverse&hl=en https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge... Sometimes a big corporation coming along and taking over a term that was barely ever used happens. When people talk of it having happened you can still take them seriously even if you don't like that the word was co-opted.
GenerocUsername 4y ago
You are conflating the industry term 'metaverse' with Facebooks billions of investments and huge PR push on their 'Metaverse' which has so far been solely Horizon Worlds. Similarly, despite the obscure industry term predating Facebooks push, it is not a common term, and even techies do not think of Minecraft and other digital worlds as being 'Facebooks Metaverse'. A company cannot just start using a term and then retroactivly justify their expense based on other external examples.
- T-A 4y ago
  > You are conflating the industry term 'metaverse' with Facebooks billions of investments and huge PR push on their 'Metaverse' No, you are. > it is not a common term, and even techies do not think of Minecraft and other digital worlds as being 'Facebooks Metaverse' Here's a well-publicized example of techies persistently doing just that: October 2021: https://medium.com/@ow/the-metaverse-is-already-here-its-called-fortnite-3a7d92e4acfd https://medium.com/@ow/the-metaverse-is-already-here-its-cal... August 2022: https://tech.hindustantimes.com/gaming/news/fortnite-gamemaker-epic-ceo-says-metaverse-is-a-multi-trillion-dollar-opportunity-71637175468720.html https://tech.hindustantimes.com/gaming/news/fortnite-gamemak... September 2022: https://mashable.com/article/fortnite-is-the-real-metaverse https://mashable.com/article/fortnite-is-the-real-metaverse September 2022: https://nordic.ign.com/fortnite/60374/opinion/how-fortnite-is-the-antidote-to-metaverse-skepticism https://nordic.ign.com/fortnite/60374/opinion/how-fortnite-i... December 2022: https://mixed-news.com/en/fortnite-studio-epic-games-develops-metaverse-programming-language/ https://mixed-news.com/en/fortnite-studio-epic-games-develop... December 2022: https://coingape.com/education/explained-fortnite-game-and-why-fortnite-is-being-called-a-real-metaverse-virtual-music-concerts-travis-scott-arianna-grande/ https://coingape.com/education/explained-fortnite-game-and-w...
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madeofpalk 4y ago

Minecraft? Why must the metaverse be the result of billions Facebook invested? Maybe Facebook spent billions on attempting to clone Minecraft, and failed?