I'm there!
Posted on 04/05/2022 7:17:52 AM PDT by Salman
The state of the metaverse, says Forrester, is that there isn't one. Yet.
In a report out now, the analyst house concluded hype, and corporate fears over being left out, are the only elements of the metaverse that have actually emerged. At the same time, Forrester also warned businesses to be ready just in case this thing takes off: "Technology vendors are racing to build the metaverse, and brands are looking to exploit it."
The metaverse is a fairly nebulous concept. It's supposed to be a galaxy of connected 3D virtual-reality worlds in which people can communicate, work, and play: it's not just about escaping to fantasy realm in which you interact with others through avatars, it's also supposed to be a space in which business can be done, and stuff can be designed and simulated collaboratively. The way the worlds are structured and defined can be as realistic or as fantastical as you like. Offices or star ships.
It's not an impossibility, though Forrester reckons anything like an actual metaverse as pitched by Facebook et al is still years, if not decades, away. The building blocks are present: virtual worlds, augmented-reality tools, graphics hardware and software, and other AR and VR technology act as many of the precursors for what will come after.
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Unless we are already in a metaverse and can’t tell the difference. Then we would be developing an early version of a metaverse inside the metaverse.
It’s turtles, all the way down.
People used to speculate about the existence of an infinite number of Parallel Universes. Maybe that is close to what a Metaverse will be intended to simulate. It’s hard to conceive of such phenomena except as great fodder for novels, art and Phillip Glass style World Music.
Eventually, there will be 1000 virtual universes where we will not be allowed to talk about Hunter Biden’s laptop or vaccine side effects. Amazing!
There are people who believe we live in a simulation or holographic universe. But logic dictates that in order for a simulation or holographic universe to exist, then a reality must exist with computers powerful enough to run the simulation or holographic universe.
You could have metaverses nested inside metaverses. But ultimately there must be a reality for any metaverse to exist.
Disclaimer - I'm a techie engineer. But I'm old and cranky. This meta-stuff is a complete waste of human ingenuity and geared only towards making the technocrats richer than they are now. Simply anther way of separating you from your wealth.
I'm there!
Hard to tell how long it will take these people to recognize the low IQ in “virtual reality” and in electronic technology in general.
Physicists have become indistinguishable from religious gurus with all the wacko theories being bandied about
Lol! And where Trump supporters will be banned
Some say that the antichrist will use massive holograms to deceive the world with.
Some have said the universe is just God dreaming.
http://yogananda.com.au/py_talks/dream_nature_of_the_world.html
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Star Trek
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