Re:Ask HN: How do you feel about Meta's name?
by systemicdanna on Thursday November 10, 2022 @12:52AM
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I am waiting for another tech behemoth to call itself Verse!
But seriously: it’s a name that will make Metaverse as a term impossible to use as the default name for whatever AR/VR world we are collectively creating. Googalaxy or Applearth, or whatever… Meta compromised the term Metaverse by claiming it.
Also, there will be no Metaverse. Gaming in VR will become better, some interesting use cases for AR will emerge (e.g. virtual office). If Zuckerberg will announce tomorrow that they pivot to 3D displays, the whole Metaverse delusion will promptly fade away.
But seriously: it’s a name that will make Metaverse as a term impossible to use as the default name for whatever AR/VR world we are collectively creating. Googalaxy or Applearth, or whatever… Meta compromised the term Metaverse by claiming it.
Also, there will be no Metaverse. Gaming in VR will become better, some interesting use cases for AR will emerge (e.g. virtual office). If Zuckerberg will announce tomorrow that they pivot to 3D displays, the whole Metaverse delusion will promptly fade away.