Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand
by disqard on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @03:45PM
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Every time you mention this video, I will thank you for posting it!
It is a brilliant distillation of the commercialization of AR, and a "must watch" for all fanboys of the m-word.
Many of us saw the potential of the Internet, the WWW, and have lived long enough to see its trajectory from pure promise and world-changing potential, into mostly commercial milking medium.
I see no reason to assume that Zuck's vision will be any different.
Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand
by wj on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @08:37PM
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I wrote a blog post recently that touched on this very disappointment with the potential that was the Internet and how I hope that the metaverse is a new opportunity for that early creativity to be unleashed. However, in my mind that will require either decentralization or a different gatekeeper than Facebook.
Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand
by Animats on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:37PM
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That's what worries me.
We can't do Ready Player One level immersion yet, but the Hyperreality level of AR is very close. About two more generations of Ray-Ban displays.
And it's so Facebook.
Business opportunity: "METADWEEB.COM" is unregistered.
As a Second Life user and creator, and client developer, I agree. I think Second Life could be bigger if the technology was improved, and can see ways to do that. But the concept will not scale to Facebook levels. Besides, we have no way to do full dive technology in a home environment. (Location-based, maybe. The Star Wars Experience and omnidirectional treadmills indicate it's not impossible with enough space and machinery.)
What will scale, and I suspect this is Facebook's vision, is AR goggles. Facebook, in your face, all the time. The dystopian vision of this is the "Hyperreality" video.[1] That's all too achievable, and very much in line with Facebook's business model.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs