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Re:Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis a... by Dalewyn on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @08:23AM (#35538504)
It's worth remembering that unlike with cryptocurrency, our ("reasonable people" as you put it) apathy for the "metaverse" stems from the fact that most of us experienced it a long time ago, long before that term even came into common(?) use: Multiplayer games, and especially MMORPGs.

Be it Ragnarok Online, Runescape, Ultima Online, League of Legends, Call of Duty, Minecraft, or whatever, anyone who has played multiplayer games of any kind know exactly what the "metaverse" was trying to sell to us and the common masses. We also know that multiplayer games, unlike practically every romanticized depiction, generally sucks to play with strangers. You absolutely need a tightly knit group of good friends to play with to be able to truly enjoy them.

So when we said the "metaverse" would never take off, it's because we have literally been there and done that.

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Re:Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis a... by jayd16 on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @08:53AM (#35538851)
Aren't we on a multiplayer chat board with strangers here?

I think you hit the nail on the head as far as how the metaverse is not new, but I think your pessimistic take is not so obvious to me and presumably many people bullish on metaverse ideas.

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Re:Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis a... by grumbel on Thursday April 13, 2023 @08:19AM (#35554282)
The thing that would make a Metaverse interesting is if it acted as glue between all those very similar services, i.e. being able to hop from one MMO into another one with your complete party, without having to switch accounts, avatars and all that. Kind of like your browser can access and follow links to numerous different websites, but with 3D and multiplayer included.

The problem with Meta's Metaverse is that that's exactly what they don't want, their vision of VR is one where the have complete control over everything. Thus you aren't even allowed to access their Metaverse with hardware not made by them.

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