1/
The good news: the METAVERSE is exciting but NOT for the reasons most people are talking about.
The bad news: odds are the 'Metaverse' will be used by IBM in an add before year-end and further dilute + erode it as buzzword bs that we all grow AVERSE to...
The good news: the METAVERSE is exciting but NOT for the reasons most people are talking about.
The bad news: odds are the 'Metaverse' will be used by IBM in an add before year-end and further dilute + erode it as buzzword bs that we all grow AVERSE to...
2/ To know the FUTURE of the tech of the metaverse
it starts with the PAST of the sci-fi
the gap between sci-fi x sci-fact ever shrinking
30 yrs ago: Snow Crash
20 yrs ago: Matrix
10 yrs ago: Ready Player One**
**mandatory reading for Zuck inner-circle as playbook for facebook
it starts with the PAST of the sci-fi
the gap between sci-fi x sci-fact ever shrinking
30 yrs ago: Snow Crash
20 yrs ago: Matrix
10 yrs ago: Ready Player One**
**mandatory reading for Zuck inner-circle as playbook for facebook
3/ I use the framework of RECTANGLES...
There are 3 kinds:
-Screens
-Windows
-Mirrors
There are 3 kinds:
-Screens
-Windows
-Mirrors
4/ SCREENS
we go from being hunched over 4" rectangles...
we go from being hunched over 4" rectangles...
5/ SCREENS
to slapping them screens right on your face
and hold them in place REAL tight
with suction
and a strap
to slapping them screens right on your face
and hold them in place REAL tight
with suction
and a strap
6/ VR is one form of the 'metaverse'
and this rectangle slapped to your forehead
will let you ESCAPE reality
and while some will i am personally skeptical many people will spend much time in VR
the next rectangle⬜️⬜️ is a WINDOW.
Take 2 windows and you get this...
and this rectangle slapped to your forehead
will let you ESCAPE reality
and while some will i am personally skeptical many people will spend much time in VR
the next rectangle⬜️⬜️ is a WINDOW.
Take 2 windows and you get this...
7/ WINDOW
Like an actual rectangle split in 2
a window on your face...
Like an actual rectangle split in 2
a window on your face...
8/ WINDOW
Drop some tech in the frames and we will get
AR (augmented reality)
which i believe will have much more demand
a layer of useful information on top of (augmenting) reality (helping you see hidden things or layers that others have designed for you)
Drop some tech in the frames and we will get
AR (augmented reality)
which i believe will have much more demand
a layer of useful information on top of (augmenting) reality (helping you see hidden things or layers that others have designed for you)
9/ MIRRORS
are more complicated as it is my metaphor for mirrorworld or simulation (one part capturing the world with higher fidelity + resolution; one part rendering it in simulation as digital-twin of built environment, spaces or objects)-- we will revisit later.
are more complicated as it is my metaphor for mirrorworld or simulation (one part capturing the world with higher fidelity + resolution; one part rendering it in simulation as digital-twin of built environment, spaces or objects)-- we will revisit later.
10/ The main difference between VR + AR
VR: escape reality. go somewhere else
AR: augment reality. stay here + add.
The best version of the "metaverse"?... it aint Facebook
VR: escape reality. go somewhere else
AR: augment reality. stay here + add.
The best version of the "metaverse"?... it aint Facebook
11/ The best version of the Metaverse--aint FB.
it is at the moment: @TimSweeneyEpic @ Epic
Tim is taking on Apple, advocates for transparency + competition, and by appearances + words at least seems to want interoperability between universes (Roblox, Minecract, Fortnite)...
it is at the moment: @TimSweeneyEpic @ Epic
Tim is taking on Apple, advocates for transparency + competition, and by appearances + words at least seems to want interoperability between universes (Roblox, Minecract, Fortnite)...
12/ The 'metaverse' that everyone is talking about imagines connecting the different gaming worlds that people spend time + attention on and adding portability of digital objects (characters, inventory-- who you are + what you own)...
13/ If those digital UNIverses were to ever be interconnected they would have an incentive to follow the old adage that people will GO where they are welcome and STAY where they are well-treated.
Crappy people make crappy places which send better people to better places...
Crappy people make crappy places which send better people to better places...
14/ As an aside - all of these places even with the best rules + regulations + content moderation will still AMPLIFY our primate TRIBAL behavior.
Ever see a noob on Roblox?
They get taunted by other kids
for having default 'bacon hair'
You. do. NOT want. Bacon Hair.
Ever see a noob on Roblox?
They get taunted by other kids
for having default 'bacon hair'
You. do. NOT want. Bacon Hair.
15/ The best platforms inside the metaverse ought compete as cities do for citizens who create policies + incentives + induce citizens wanting to 'spend time' (and money) in them...
16/ Just as broadcast content companies do in 2D on SCREENS (netflix, hbo, apple+, youtube) via subscriptions...
and as networked user-generated content on social media does (IG, Snap, TikTok, Twitter) via mins of engagement monetized to advertisers...
and as networked user-generated content on social media does (IG, Snap, TikTok, Twitter) via mins of engagement monetized to advertisers...
17/ Wherever people are spending time with other people, it will be a de facto form of 'social media' and like all technologies it will be an amplifier.
TVs amplify messages
Instagram + TikTok amplify lust, jealousy, greed...
TVs amplify messages
Instagram + TikTok amplify lust, jealousy, greed...
18/ The broadcast news always said with authority (like Walter Cronkite):
i'm here, you're not, now...know this.
Social media says:
i'm here, you're not, na na na nana
i'm here, you're not, now...know this.
Social media says:
i'm here, you're not, na na na nana
19/ Back to the TECH of the 'METAVERSE'...
RENDERING comes via
The hardware chips (GPUs + edge chips)
+
The software engines (Unity, Unreal, Godot)
with diff biz models- respectively (seat license, free w/royalty, open source)...
RENDERING comes via
The hardware chips (GPUs + edge chips)
+
The software engines (Unity, Unreal, Godot)
with diff biz models- respectively (seat license, free w/royalty, open source)...
20/ The app layers are the currently popular and surely future emergent universes (Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, Apex Legends, etc)
The connection, networking, comms protocols enabling low-latency and real-time massive participation will be led by @subspacepowered to @GenvidTech
The connection, networking, comms protocols enabling low-latency and real-time massive participation will be led by @subspacepowered to @GenvidTech
21/ And the payments layer will be mix of converted in-game currency and crypto
The NFT movement is silly at first (digital art) but it is encouraging more widespread use for identity + 3D avatars that will have the persistence across UNIverses and there is a useful analogy: GPS
The NFT movement is silly at first (digital art) but it is encouraging more widespread use for identity + 3D avatars that will have the persistence across UNIverses and there is a useful analogy: GPS
22/GPS uses 3 machines (satellites) to yield a triangulated point digitally addressed in space-time of 'ground truth' LOCATION in real space
NFT on Ethereum uses many machines to yield triangulated point digitally addressed in space-time of 'ground truth' EXISTENCE in cyberspace
NFT on Ethereum uses many machines to yield triangulated point digitally addressed in space-time of 'ground truth' EXISTENCE in cyberspace
23/ I see the NFT art movement with people investing in silly avatars from Bored Apes + beyond being ported into other domains and the NFT* providing the licensed user-consent like Marvel would for a character
*its just a BRC: 'bragging-right-certificate'
*its just a BRC: 'bragging-right-certificate'
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