Why I fail to see how the Metaverse will succeed
I've read that a lot of people here are super bullish on the Metaverse and various "digital words"
As a VR consumer and developer I however am very skeptical that the masses will flock to an digital world.
The metaverse is not a new concept, its been around since the 90s if not further back. There is already a form of metaverse called "Second life" where you can own properties, join communities and pretty much "live" in a real world.
Now I know a lot of people will say that we simply don't know the possibilities yet and we are thinking too simple minded but let's be creative. What could be some use cases that people would prefer doing digital vs real life?
Metaverse cinema? Yeah that already exists in current VR games and it's really not that fun and you obviously can't recreate the pixel density nor the actual sound acoustic that a lot of people don't get from their home system.
Meetings? Yeah I guess if you prefer to strap a VR headset on you and be forced to see your digital coworkers instead of having a 2D Teams screen where you can actually do something else than stare at your coworkers during the meeting.
Dating? I almost don't want to go into this. Are you telling me a digital date would surpass the actual real life vision of a human, the smells, the toucing hand?
Virtual jog by the beach? I literally saw this example on the sub. You think people would really want to jog in a virtual beach oppose to actually going outside?
Whatever the metaverse is it will be a subpar experience to the real thing. Unless we can advance graphic rendering by a hella of a lot or actually tapping into our senses I fail to see how the metaverse would "awe" anyone.
If we do go fully Inception, "simulation" reality then we got bigger issues than the Metaverse.
With that said I still think it could be future revenue in this field but it won't be as massive as some people here think.
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DreamMighty : I think some companies will try 3D shopping and it will fail. It's the most unnecessary idea I've ever heard of. It's just shopping online, but with extra steps.
I believe the metaverse will be a bit like the internet + VRchat + social media. The biggest issue with it is how people access it. Nobody really wants to buy a $300 VR set just to do stupid bullshit.
Bussman1975 DreamMighty: remember in 1996 when the internet got rolling. everybody said nobody will want to buy 2000 computers to get online and do stupid stuff. well look at us now.
Bussman1975 : Wall Mart just entered the game. Game changer.
FelonTraderSoWhat : isn't porn subpar to the real thing? successful as it is...
EliteFarts Bussman1975: Much agreed!
George K 777 : Actually it will be huge. People already buying virtual real estate, cars, metaverse crypto. I am in my mid 50s . Not big fan of this . But one thing for sure. This is opportunity to make life changing money.
Revelation 6 FelonTraderSoWhat: I’m sure vr porn will be the first thing to take off and be successful. Porn fans will pay the money for their “thrill”.
1Elijah George K 777: There a lot of choices to invest in the Metaverse where would you put your money exactly...companies please be specific.
kickasangel : metaverse will be. so huge I won't go into the metaverse but investments in that the kids will love it..#thereitis
kickasangel 1Elijah: all Elongate
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