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The mention of Decentraland in this article reminded me of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiZhdpLXZ8Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiZhdpLXZ8Q The com

by mojo74 3y ago

The mention of Decentraland in this article reminded me of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiZhdpLXZ8Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiZhdpLXZ8Q The comment one viewer seems to sum it up: They made a virtual world so boring that you can't even find weird perverts in it.

rtkwe 3y ago
There's already a place for weird pervs and that's vr chat where there's no corporate overlords desperately trying to sanitize any weirdness out of their product.
rsynnott 3y ago
Whomsoever wins the furries will win the metaverse. (But also, the furries are about the only people who _want_ a metaverse, as far as I can see. I'm fairly certain this is why Second Life still clings on stubbornly.)
- postsantum 3y ago
  Furries are the canaries of metaverses. As long as they are present, you can be sure corporates and HR haven't touched this world with their fingers of death
- noirscape 3y ago
  To be fair, furries are kinda the baseline of what you want to distinguish "the metaverse" from the real world. I can have meetings from home just as easily in the real world with a webcam and a Zoom call. The metaverse doesn't enhance that if all I'm doing is placing a 3D model that looks like me on a map and look at other 3D models of other people. (Plus, arguably strapping a VR brick to your face probably means it's worse than that Zoom call for physical health reasons.) Otoh the premise of "you can use a furry avatar to represent yourself" isn't one that appeals to me, but it does show that the people making it are thinking of "how can we make this different from the real world" instead of the lazy "let's move this real world thing to digital and make it as boring as reality can be".
  - rsynnott 3y ago
    Oh, sure, but I suspect that furries (and a couple of other even smaller niche groups) are actually the _only_ obvious users for a full-immersion 'metaverse'-y thing (as opposed to games). As you say, no-one wants to role-play being in an office with a VR headset.
- rockskon 3y ago
  Weeb crowds are active in VR as well.
DonHopkins 3y ago
Speaking of weird perverts, at least you can smoke in the Decentraland theater. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnpofBtijF8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnpofBtijF8
- btbuildem 3y ago
  Thanks for sharing that, interesting video!

by mojo74 3y ago

rtkwe 3y ago

There's already a place for weird pervs and that's vr chat where there's no corporate overlords desperately trying to sanitize any weirdness out of their product.

rsynnott 3y ago

Whomsoever wins the furries will win the metaverse. (But also, the furries are about the only people who _want_ a metaverse, as far as I can see. I'm fairly certain this is why Second Life still clings on stubbornly.)

postsantum 3y ago
Furries are the canaries of metaverses. As long as they are present, you can be sure corporates and HR haven't touched this world with their fingers of death
noirscape 3y ago
To be fair, furries are kinda the baseline of what you want to distinguish "the metaverse" from the real world. I can have meetings from home just as easily in the real world with a webcam and a Zoom call. The metaverse doesn't enhance that if all I'm doing is placing a 3D model that looks like me on a map and look at other 3D models of other people. (Plus, arguably strapping a VR brick to your face probably means it's worse than that Zoom call for physical health reasons.) Otoh the premise of "you can use a furry avatar to represent yourself" isn't one that appeals to me, but it does show that the people making it are thinking of "how can we make this different from the real world" instead of the lazy "let's move this real world thing to digital and make it as boring as reality can be".
- rsynnott 3y ago
  Oh, sure, but I suspect that furries (and a couple of other even smaller niche groups) are actually the _only_ obvious users for a full-immersion 'metaverse'-y thing (as opposed to games). As you say, no-one wants to role-play being in an office with a VR headset.
rockskon 3y ago
Weeb crowds are active in VR as well.

DonHopkins 3y ago

Speaking of weird perverts, at least you can smoke in the Decentraland theater. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnpofBtijF8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnpofBtijF8

btbuildem 3y ago
Thanks for sharing that, interesting video!