Thanks for tagging, @SomniumSpace!
Wow i can't believe i got tagged by both @cryptovoxels and you today lol.
I think what Somnium is focusing on, true-world realistic VR, is also cool. I prefer CV's persistent world where i can easily walk parcel to parcel without downloads tho..
@SomniumSpace@cryptovoxels ... I actually used to have Somnium Space land, and i used the web viewer a LOT. It has camera heads and voice chats, and you can walk around and show people your gallery.
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but only your gallery, unfortunately. sure you can get to other parcels through a menu, but not walk and discover unless you download the app. @SomniumSpace probably has a different niche than a Metaverse oldster like me :)
One of the things i absolutely enjoy about the Metaverse experience is the feeling of discovery. Ever hiked through the mountains and found a strange rock formation? I've walked miles of Metaverse finding cool builds and new friends.
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1/ Has the #Metaverse "Devolved"?
Me in the @SecondLife#Metaverse in 2013 vs me in the @cryptovoxels Metaverse in 2021. People sometimes ask me why the 2013 Metaverses "look better". I have an answer for these people and it's gonna take several tweets, bear with me...
2/ A bit of history: #Metaverses were created whole-cloth from the novel Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson. Active Worlds, which I actually tried (yes, I am that old) was fully based on that book's Metaverse, and provided the basis of all other Metaverses including @cryptovoxels...
3/ When it started, #Metaverses were totally separate and different from the concept of #onlinegames. The idea is to have more #socialimmersion and #userinteraction, not to have in-world goals to push the user in a direction...