7/11/2023 0 Comments Cant play brave new world onlineThat's the main reason I hate it, because everyone thinks you just mean VR.Īnd look, VR is cool. The MetaVerse in the book is essentially what we saw on screen in Ready Player One - a simulated virtual worldspace that people strapped on glasses and haptic suits to interact with - which replaced the boring old screens, mice, and keyboards we use now to do all the same things (interact, entertain, communicate, work, etc.). ![]() I won't present my deconstruction of its themes here, I'll save that for some podcast, but it was enormously influential on anyone interested in the internet in 1992 who was paying attention. ![]() The reason I hate the word is manifold, but it starts with Neil Stephenson's Snow Crash, a book I love from an author I love. The latter is sour grapes, but the former is worth exploring because there's no question in my mind, a lot of your over-40 clients are going to be a bit confused, and thanks to Facebook, now they're gonna ask. ![]() I wish I'd hung on to the "" URL in 2001 because it would probably sell for bank today.When I heard that Facebook was rebranding itself "Meta" in honor of the Metaverse, I had two immediate thoughts:
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