Posted on 04/27/2022 1:43:48 PM PDT by CatSalgado32
Seventy-one percent of global executives say that the metaverse will be good for businesses, according to a new survey. Several of the biggest names in both business and woke politics, including World Economic Forum and Disney, are rushing to stake their virtual claim in the metaverse.
The globalist World Economic Forum (WEF) shared details from the Accenture survey on how some business executives see the future of the digital universe or "metaverse."
An Accenture report identified four tech trends, one of which is the "the next version of the physical worldâthe programmable world." Accenture also conducted a survey showing that 71 percent of global business executives polled said the metaverse will have positive impacts on businesses
Companies investing in metaverse technology include Disney, Warner Bros. and Gucci, among others, according to WEF. Other companies interested in the metaverse include Microsoft, Nike, Sony, and Chinese-controlled Alibaba and TikTok. Facebook changed its name to Meta to reflect its commitment, as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, to bringing the metaverse to the world.
The metaverse is not merely a game-changing technological innovation, however. Virtual reality (VR) metaverse plans like Meta's would create an entirely virtual fantasy world parallel to the real world, raising questions about the metaverseâs impact on people's perception of reality. Augmented reality (AR) metaverse plans like Pokémon Go developer John Hanke's could overlay fantasy on reality not just for fun but for every aspect of life.
"While we are at the early days of the metaverse, it will advance very quickly," Accentureâs CEO Julie Sweet and Chief Technology Officer Paul Daugherty wrote in the Accenture report. "If companies don't act now, they'll find themselves operating in worlds designed by, and for, someone else."
JP Morgan predicted that, with influence in every sector, the metaverse could bring in over "$1 trillion in yearly revenues."
Technology can be manipulated, however. Both Democrats and Republicans, including even leftist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), have spoken against the potential dangers of manmade algorithms.
In fact, many of the organizations promoting or interested in the metaverse have very concerning ties. WEF is pushing its "Great Reset" agenda to remake the world. WEF summarized its view of the future in the article, âWelcome To 2030: I Own Nothing, Have No Privacy And Life Has Never Been Better.â WEF also recently called for global regulation of cryptocurrency.
Disney is under fire right now for its endorsement of promoting radical LGBTQ+ ideology to children. Microsoft in 2018 struck a major partnership aimed at censoring alleged âdisinformationâ online.
Nike President and CEO John Donahoe called his brand âa brand that is of China and for China.â The Chinese Communist Party controls both Alibaba and TikTok.
Could the metaverse usher in a dystopian world of ever-increasing censorship and totalitarian control?
They won’t have to manufacture and actually deliver products.
You’ll own nothing and be happy.
Yes of course. I also noticed how the ‘metaverse’ was ‘good business’ for those people living in stacked urban trailers and slum like buildings in Real Player One too...../s
Someone on FR talked about a new app for these guys called “Outside.” You install it by opening the front door and walking through. It’s filled with wonderous things like sunshine, fresh air and things you can actually touch.
Promises, promises.
90%+ of those executives don’t have a clue as to what they’re talking about and just parroting the latest buzzwords, per the pointy haired boss in Dilbert.
Wasn't there a movie with Keanu Reeves and something about a red pill??
Yes, of course. I also live on a small farm and raise my own cattle, produce, etc. Buy very little from the store. It’s a wonderful thing given it comes with a boatload of sunshine here in SE VA.
The metaverse can be defined as a simulated digital environment that uses augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and blockchain, along with concepts from social media, to create spaces for rich user interaction mimicking the real world.
Oh, yeah, Disney is into virtual reality — reality as it wants, not what it is. Walt built his empire on it: the current version is merely acting out its own take on fantasy.
The metaverse is at once a ludicrous and dangerous charade.
Should make for some pretty good flamewars.
I remember Second Life.
Airborne genitalia. Everywhere. Destroyed.
Metaverse will follow the same trajectory.
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