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I felt like Zuck thought the rest of the world loved "Ready Player One" as much as he did, and that was about the extent of his market research. Presumably, the
by checkyoursudo 3y ago
I felt like Zuck thought the rest of the world loved "Ready Player One" as much as he did, and that was about the extent of his market research. Presumably, they thought people would love it so much that the initial offering being visually/functionally sub-standard would not matter so much?
- JohnFen 3y agoI thought it was Snow Crash. That Facebook coopted the term "metaverse" from that dystopian world told me everything I needed to know about their intentions.
- checkyoursudo 3y agoOh, yeah, the term metaverse comes from Snow Crash. I was just recalling this incident: https://www.businessinsider.com/oculus-gives-all-its-employees-ready-player-one-2016-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/oculus-gives-all-its-employe... and Zuck referring to RPO in some interview: "I appreciate the RPO reference" here, https://www.theverge.com/22588022/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-ceo-metaverse-interview https://www.theverge.com/22588022/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-c...