Re:Apple is building the metaverse substrate
by blowski on Monday June 21, 2021 @04:25PM
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To understand the metaverse first you need to understand the metaverse. That's what I take from these comments and the article.
Re:Apple is building the metaverse substrate
by tomc1985 on Monday June 21, 2021 @04:28PM
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mind_blown.gif /s
Re:Apple is building the metaverse substrate
by lallysingh on Monday June 21, 2021 @04:58PM
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It's the universe (the regular meatspace one) augmented with metadata, traditionally named such in AR/VR circles. Metadata like names, statistics, directions, etc. Such as a HUD you'd see in first-person video games.
Another use of the term (not here) would be a way to jump between VR systems, but they never generalized well enough to make that a significant thing. Right now Steam would count
Ok, so a metaverse is somehow the realization of the "full scope" needed for a compelling AR ecosystem? And what exactly does that mean, and how does that define this particular usage of the (heavily overloaded) term 'metaverse'?
Meta meaning 'about', so a universe about a universe?
edit/ugh: googling the term says 'a virtual-reality space in which users can interact with a computer-generated environment and other users.'
Like wtf does that have to do with the meta root word here?
There is far too much abstraction in this vocabulary defining a thing that is very real.