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> a bit of a stretch But see, virtual worlds ("metaverse") were expected to become a thing already in the 1990s, but it never happened, and I have little trust
by jruohonen 3y ago
> a bit of a stretch
But see, virtual worlds ("metaverse") were expected to become a thing already in the 1990s, but it never happened, and I have little trust that it will be in place by 2035. Hence, the comment about betting horses. Add Web 3, decentralization, blockchain, and the crypto lunacy, and you get even a better cocktail of misplaced expectations.
- xanderlewis 3y agoExactly. But I’d say the ‘metaverse’ did happen, we just don’t call it (or think of it like) that. We already have virtual worlds, and they’re (for better or for worse) ubiquitous. There seems to be little benefit to making them 3D, having goofy avatars and having them loosely approximate everyday reality.
- jruohonen 3y ago> But I’d say the ‘metaverse’ did happen, we just don’t call it (or think of it like) that. If Internet := metaverse, then sure, I agree.
- xanderlewis 3y agoI take metaverse to mean something like ‘a universe of universes’. So the internet, or perhaps the web, is surely exactly that.