While much of our lives have already shifted online during the pandemic, making those experiences truly immersive at scale is a knotty challenge. ![]() The problem is, the metaverse can’t be manifested with just wishful Silicon Valley thinking. The pitch is essentially a technologically improved, personalized version of The Sims. These investments are dealing in speculation, banking on the prospect of an enormous, functional and interoperable virtual world where tech C.E.O.s promise we will soon work, shop and socialize as digital avatars. But that hasn’t stopped platform companies, including Google itself, from betting big that it will exist soon. The metaverse doesn’t yet exist, beyond rudimentary versions in games. And next to all that, in Google’s description for the search term? “Fictional world.” ![]() Headlines announcing state-backed metaverse investments worth billions of dollars pop up, too. ![]() The big idea: What is the metaverse, anyway?įrom “The Daily” newsletter: One big idea on the news, from the team that brings you “The Daily” podcast.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |