Re:Lex Fridman #398 – Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in th...
by nerdix on Thursday September 28, 2023 @04:35PM
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I'm actually really high on the metaverse. Not in the short term (next 5-ish years) but in the long term (15-20+ years).
Oddly enough, it was the Unreal 5 Matrix demo that swayed me. I think super realistic graphics is the missing piece (over the current cartoony graphics that we see today). Once you get a Quest like device capable of Unreal 5 level graphics then I think it starts to take off.
I also think younger generations (who will be young adults in the 2030s and 40s) that grew up on games like Roblox (which now has a VR version) and Fortnite will be more amenable to spending time in virtual worlds.
I suspect that the metaverse of the 2040s will be more of a stationary experience. Sort of like the internet of the 1990s. The metaverse of the 2060s becomes much more mobile with very, tiny and light AR devices.
Oddly enough, it was the Unreal 5 Matrix demo that swayed me. I think super realistic graphics is the missing piece (over the current cartoony graphics that we see today). Once you get a Quest like device capable of Unreal 5 level graphics then I think it starts to take off.
I also think younger generations (who will be young adults in the 2030s and 40s) that grew up on games like Roblox (which now has a VR version) and Fortnite will be more amenable to spending time in virtual worlds.
I suspect that the metaverse of the 2040s will be more of a stationary experience. Sort of like the internet of the 1990s. The metaverse of the 2060s becomes much more mobile with very, tiny and light AR devices.