Thread by @lukasjschreiber

While there are lots of problems with FB, Insta & co, Meta's newest project, the metaverse, sound super exciting! Looks like Meta is putting lots of money towards Oculus' #quest to build long-distance-presence solutions.

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2 reasons why the Metaverse has potential:

1. Most importantly, remote work is here to stay. But for hybrid work settings (i.e. some in the office, some remote) there is no good solution yet. Metaverse intends to solve that.

2. Many of today's issues require coordination on a global scale. Think of the #ClimateCrisis, the #BiodiversityCrisis, overcoming #NeoColonialism and #inequality, et cetera. The Metaverse promises to make such coordination comfortable, natural and effective.

I'm biased. Why? I have lots of experiences that require that long-distance-connection: I had a purely virtual relationship with my 1st gf, my friends are scattered across the globe, mostly because I studied at very international unis, and we have a remote worker at our company.

The Metaverse is a sweet idea!

However, it comes with challenges (bandwidth, privacy, ...). We'll see if Meta will manage to solve them and how long it will take. They promised to keep the Metaverse ecosystem open to developers. Let's see.

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