The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft

Re:The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft by prox on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:42PM (#29085656)

The Metaverse sounds like a protocol for VR/AR worlds, but I don’t think I read there is any consortium working on such an open protocol. Unless such a protocol already exists?

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Re:The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft by thinkmassive on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:55PM (#29085837)

It was called VRML[0] and was superseded by X3D[1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRML

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X3D

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Re:The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft by prox on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @03:09PM (#29086020)

The article mentions a (discontinued) 3d browser, which would be a necessity probably for any type of metaversial web.

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Re:The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft by eganist on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:49PM (#29085760)

This reminds me of Adobe Atmosphere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Atmosphere), which I greatly miss. It was a highlight of my early 2000s.

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Re:The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft by one_off_comment on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @05:33PM (#29087677)

I remember that! I loved using an avatar that looked like a bush and then hiding in plain sight.

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Re:The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft by teraflop on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:42PM (#29085669)

Lack of openness is a feature, not a bug.

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Re:The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft by prox on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @03:07PM (#29085996)

You mean for the companies working on metaverses?

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