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So is the Metaverse fever dream truly dead? I see the Meta Quest goggles dropping in price but Meta also began promoting the new Ray Ban "smart glasses": https

So is the Metaverse fever dream truly dead? I see the Meta Quest goggles dropping in price but Meta also began promoting the new Ray Ban "smart glasses": https://about.fb.com/news/2023/09/new-ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses/ https://about.fb.com/news/2023/09/new-ray-ban-meta-smart-gla...

WXLCKNO 3y ago
They released a new headset, meta quest 3. Maybe why older models are dropping in price, not sure.
wslh 3y ago
So is the Metaverse fever dream truly dead? I don't think so. Even if it's not in this or next cycle the idea of portability between different "worlds" seems reasonable in a future. The problem is if this will happen at the Meta (and others) time or a newcomer will appear.
- bartwr 3y ago
  But we already have this dream. It's called the internet. And video games. And movies. :) The question of "metaverse" is: 1. Do we need a head strapped device? Does it add enough to the experience to justify it? 2. Do we need those experiences be more connected and owned by one rent collecting platform? My answer to both is a firm no, both make it strictly worse. But it's a personal answer, we'll see. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (Meta obviously wants it to be double "yes" to sell those head strapped devices and collect this rent. But this doesn't make it true)
  - wslh 3y ago
    First I don't think "metaverse" is clearly defines as "house". In a way similar to Web3. I think Torrent was already part of Web3 as PET (Privacy-enhancing technologies). Now, I don't know if metaverse is equal to a head strapped device but I think one part of this umbrella term is some compatibility between games or worlds like a character that could be useful in different games by different vendors with some features embedded. Regarding VR, I tried the technologies, liked them for "a few minutes", feel the dizziness but mainly the issue I found is a lack of apps. The hardware there is incredible and will be more in the future. But, again, my point is the future, and in the future probably you will just connect it to your brain. Don't know when.
BoorishBears 3y ago
A theoretical metaverse could do a lot of things, but the one thing that made the metaverse economically attractive was essentially becoming a new virtual space for brands to sell. And the excitement for Meta specifically was that they'd get to collect tolls on this new virtual space via hardware and owning the largest properties. The latter hasn't panned out, but we're seeing the former happen more and more: it's just not as centralized as fantasy versions were. Fortnite is probably the most successful metaverse at this point, but you see things like Call of Duty placing limited release EVs from GM and famous anime characters being sold as DLC. Now Prime Video has characters showing up Mortal Kombat as paid extra content, and you're sure to see more and more of these crossovers as brands start to accept the legitimacy of fully immersing their brands in virtual worlds instead of settling for the typical "in-game billboard reference".

WXLCKNO 3y ago

They released a new headset, meta quest 3. Maybe why older models are dropping in price, not sure.

wslh 3y ago

So is the Metaverse fever dream truly dead? I don't think so. Even if it's not in this or next cycle the idea of portability between different "worlds" seems reasonable in a future. The problem is if this will happen at the Meta (and others) time or a newcomer will appear.

bartwr 3y ago
But we already have this dream. It's called the internet. And video games. And movies. :) The question of "metaverse" is: 1. Do we need a head strapped device? Does it add enough to the experience to justify it? 2. Do we need those experiences be more connected and owned by one rent collecting platform? My answer to both is a firm no, both make it strictly worse. But it's a personal answer, we'll see. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (Meta obviously wants it to be double "yes" to sell those head strapped devices and collect this rent. But this doesn't make it true)
- wslh 3y ago
  First I don't think "metaverse" is clearly defines as "house". In a way similar to Web3. I think Torrent was already part of Web3 as PET (Privacy-enhancing technologies). Now, I don't know if metaverse is equal to a head strapped device but I think one part of this umbrella term is some compatibility between games or worlds like a character that could be useful in different games by different vendors with some features embedded. Regarding VR, I tried the technologies, liked them for "a few minutes", feel the dizziness but mainly the issue I found is a lack of apps. The hardware there is incredible and will be more in the future. But, again, my point is the future, and in the future probably you will just connect it to your brain. Don't know when.

BoorishBears 3y ago

A theoretical metaverse could do a lot of things, but the one thing that made the metaverse economically attractive was essentially becoming a new virtual space for brands to sell. And the excitement for Meta specifically was that they'd get to collect tolls on this new virtual space via hardware and owning the largest properties. The latter hasn't panned out, but we're seeing the former happen more and more: it's just not as centralized as fantasy versions were. Fortnite is probably the most successful metaverse at this point, but you see things like Call of Duty placing limited release EVs from GM and famous anime characters being sold as DLC. Now Prime Video has characters showing up Mortal Kombat as paid extra content, and you're sure to see more and more of these crossovers as brands start to accept the legitimacy of fully immersing their brands in virtual worlds instead of settling for the typical "in-game billboard reference".