Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.

Re:Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention o... by rcme on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @10:06AM (#35802556)

Is Roblox really considered the metaverse? I feel like it's just an MMO with a game editor. Not that different than many other games with custom game editors. It feels like a stretch to call this a paradigm shift.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention o... by FireInsight on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @03:47PM (#35806795)

Well, Roblox is almost as metaverse as any metaverse. Metaverse is just a buzzword for MMO's with level editors, that are also supposedly selling land that's worth something, a good place for a corporate themepark and having business meetings with uncanny 3D avatars that sound like your colleagues.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention o... by rcme on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @05:05PM (#35807796)

At least my understanding was that popular definitions of metaverse include some type of “reality-based” technology like AR or VR.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention o... by detaro on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @05:06PM (#35807810)

Roblox supports VR.

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