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Re:I’ve seen the metaverse – and I don’t want it by smt88 on Friday January 28, 2022 @03:54PM (#30120229)
I think the metaverse concept is supposed to enable you to cross between virtual worlds (like WoW and Second Life) without losing your assets or identity. That's the "verse" part: a universe.

But also that might not be what Meta means. I don't know.

Re:I’ve seen the metaverse – and I don’t want it by herbst on Friday January 28, 2022 @05:37PM (#30121427)
Thing is nobody is actually planning to do that. Right now some are trying to build their own small 'metaverses' but a connection, like a open standard is delusional at this point.
Re:I’ve seen the metaverse – and I don’t want it by smt88 on Friday January 28, 2022 @07:42PM (#30122506)
I am not delusional enough to think Zuckerberg wants an open standard. I think he wants "Login with Facebook" to apply to cross-platform immersive digital spaces.
Re:I’ve seen the metaverse – and I don’t want it by brettdeveffect on Friday January 28, 2022 @07:21PM (#30122361)
This is similar to an idea we have been playing with:

https://www.betabytes.io/blog/introducing-the-metaverse

For instance, here is a video of a shared canvas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unVzxgjJNdA

Re:I’ve seen the metaverse – and I don’t want it by smt88 on Friday January 28, 2022 @07:45PM (#30122532)
Your idea is interesting (if not practical) because it opens up some weird questions, like: what if Second Life were a life simulator for some people, but a FPS zombie shooter for other people? Or: what if Fortnite became a dating app, like Instagram has over time?

Your PoC at least proves that you don't actually need cooperation between developers to achieve something. You just need a compatibility layer.

Re:I’ve seen the metaverse – and I don’t want it by tchock23 on Friday January 28, 2022 @04:21PM (#30120514)
This video by a game dev does a decent job explaining why transferring assets won't work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKzup7XDyq8&t=3s

It's in the context of games, but virtual worlds have similar dynamics.

Re:I’ve seen the metaverse – and I don’t want it by smt88 on Friday January 28, 2022 @05:33PM (#30121377)
Sorry, I should have been more clear: I think the decentralization of shared digital assets is nonsense in theory, and it's even more absurd in practice because of the realities of software. I was just trying to present my understanding of the vision these people seem to have of it.