Thread by @alexvoica

Will makes some good points in his article.

I've seen lots of tech coverage and commentary that conflates social VR or gaming experiences and apps with the metaverse. Whilst a promising start and an indicator for what's to come, these are not yet the metaverse.

https://twitter.com/WillOremus/status/1476573009838329860

Just like the internet in the 1990s, the metaverse can feel hard to picture at first. So the best way to talk about social VR and gaming thru a metaverse lens is as starting points on a decade-long journey to the metaverse.

But also like the internet itself, the metaverse will unlock opportunities even beyond what is possible to grasp at this early stage of its development.

Until then, there are (at least) two other things that need to happen:

First, metaverse-ready hardware needs to be built: to bring this vision to life, the industry needs to fit a supercomputer into a pair of normal-looking glasses, including hologram displays, projectors, batteries, radios, custom chips, cameras, speakers, and sensors.

Secondly, infrastructure needs to be transformed: the shift to the metaverse will require more computing resources to be distributed around the world and for connectivity to significantly improve for at least a billion people to help deliver a scalable platform.