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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by ssully on Thursday October 28, 2021 @02:40PM (#29029740)
Our version of a persistent virtual space was never going to be like fiction. There will be 3 or more competing metaverses, none of which have any interoperability.
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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by ryandrake on Thursday October 28, 2021 @02:47PM (#29029868)
Or hundreds of incompatible little ones. If VR really takes off "We need to add chat to our app" will become "We need to add our own metaverse to our app."
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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by mattowen_uk on Friday October 29, 2021 @03:59AM (#29036309)
I predict that VR will really take off at the same time as 'The Year of the Linux Desktop'.
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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by m4rtink on Thursday October 28, 2021 @02:54PM (#29030006)
That can actually end up more healthy overall & lead to some competition.

Having just one metaverse everyone uses seamed like the worst thing in Ready Player One - because then one entity can control it and for their rules and morals on all participants.

Much harder to do that with multiple competing incompatible metaverses.

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