The metaverse explained in 14 minutes | Matthew Ball

Why should anyone care about the metaverse? Expert Matthew Ball explains what it is, what it isn’t, and why it matters.
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By the end of the decade, the Metaverse could be worth between $6 trillion and $13 trillion. But what is it?
The Metaverse is not simply immersive virtual reality or a really cool video game. It's a combination of technologies that allows an unlimited number of users to experience real-time rendered, 3D virtual worlds synchronously and persistently.
It is difficult to predict how the Metaverse will evolve, just as it was nearly impossible to predict the emergence of Facebook during the era of Windows 95. The Metaverse will not replace the internet, but will build upon and extend it.
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Chapters
00:00 - Intro
01:22 - What the Metaverse is not
02:30 - 10-part definition of the Metaverse
02:56 - Part 1: Massively-scaled
03:23 - Part 2: Virtual worlds
03:51 - Part 3: 3D
04:26 - Part 4: Interoperable network
05:41 - Part 5: Real-time rendering
06:14 - Part 6: Synchronous
06:45 - Part 7: Persistent
08:00 - Parts 8 & 9: Unlimited users with individual sense of presence
08:22 - Part 10: Continuity of data
08:55 - Technological eras are bundles
09:17 - 7 subcategories of the Metaverse
09:27 - Subcategory 1: Hardware
09:45 - Subcategory 2: Networking
09:57 - Subcategory 3: Computer powers
10:13 - Subcategory 4: Virtual platforms
10:45 - Subcategory 5: Interoperability standards
11:05 - Subcategory 6: Payment rails
11:18 - Subcategory 7: CAIS
11:46 - 5 stunning Metaverse examples
13:08 - Why do we need to learn about it now?
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About Matthew Ball:
Matthew Ball is the CEO of Epyllion, a diversified holding company which makes angel investments, provides advisory services, and produces television, films, and video games.
Ball is also a Venture Partner at Makers Fund, Senior Advisor to KKR, Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company, and sits on the board of numerous start-ups. His first book, “The Metaverse and How it Will Revolutionize Everything”, was published in July 2022 and became an instant national and international bestseller. Ball is also an “Occasional Contributor” to The Economist, holds bylines at Bloomberg, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and wrote the August 8, 2022 cover story for Time Magazine.
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[@SeanMog]

I feel like I’m being convinced of something rather than informed about something.

[@tjwoosta]

I have watched countless explanations of the metaverse and still can't make sense of what it actually is. Their explanations sound like word salad and I would consider myself fairly tech savvy.

[@Soapandwater6]

@@tjwoosta It's over my head.

[@adamslions704]

@@tjwoosta it's not designed to make sense, it's all vague tech wording pile together for the purpose of scamming people with corporate backup

[@tjwoosta]

@@adamslions704 What!? Here on big think "the leading source of expert-driven, actionable, educational content" Your telling me this channel is a shill service? Who would have thought..

[@kittumonika4066]

Yeah ground reality 😑

[@almiratlic8323]

According to this guy, there is a bright future for psychiatrists

[@Famiralis]

🤣

[@GreyCrowe]

I need *More Reality* and *Less Technology* ... Because, so far, all technology has done for me is change a 40 hour work week into a 24/7 work week... And my identity being stolen twice.

[@bismarknyarko635]

With the massive resources that is been committed by world renowned companies like Meta to Metaverse makes one wonder whether it's a hype. And projects like StepApp, XANA & Decentraland just to mention few already in the system, The Metaverse is really something to look out for.

[@paulmajewski3563]

So i still dont know what metaverse is and how it can be used. The guy is pretty much explaining what real life is.

[@gusthethird9665]

The meta verse is the matrix, just in very early development. Get ready. The devil is here to separate us from our human body.

[@tjwoosta]

Its such a big and important thing that they need to advertise and sell it to the population before revealing what it actually is of course.

[@burnout9069]

In short. A simulation of real life. But, it could be tailored to any subject the providers chosen. Flight training simulations being one. Yet it'll be a lot more complex, in time.

[@giacomolevi3115]

@@gusthethird9665 loool wtf man

[@MrBrew4321]

That's because the metaverse is a evolution of the digital into a life comparable to real life.

[@perrious4980]

I wonder a little if the people excited by this are being disengenuous in any way. Because the explanations for what they think this will add to the human experience don't sound as ground breaking as they present them to be.

[@SpliffStar324]

Of course they are lol. They present Metaverse like Second Life doesn’t exist. 💀

[@carademarcus]

In a way. honestly though, it’s for the younger generation. Generation z not for older people like us

[@chrisloftus817]

His “10 point definition” is just 10 redundancies

[@burnout9069]

It's been around for some time already. I didn't see it's significance 20+ yrs ago. But I see it it full swing in coming today. Watch it coming in advertising for us older folk I predict.

[@unlikelyenergy]

@@carademarcus I’m a younger gen z, trust me, it is not for my generation. Maybe generations after us. I barely even understand what this man is talking about, and it doesn’t sound as exciting and crazy as he’s trying to make it seem. Most companies are just using the metaverse for marketing, it honestly just seems like a way for those companies make money.

[@DaJan1509]

Yeah, well, you know... that's just, like, your opinion, man.

[@manojmistry499]

The dude abides

[@Falcon7001]

It almost seems like videos talking about the inception and early days of the Metaverse make a point of not mentioning Second Life. Second life has been around for over 19 years. If you want a start point, that is it, NOT The Zuck's Meta. Many of the things described in this video are already present and working within Second Life. It is missing crucial points, like interoperability with other platforms, but it still has a lot of the points this guy made.

[@Badd.G]

Not only second life my friend , all video games from the inception of micro transactions in video games

[@wanderin6724]

The metaverse doesn't exist yet. Second Life is not the Metaverse, it was a social game where players were roleplaying with their avatars.

[@suanach]

@@wanderin6724 You obviously know nothing about Second Life.

[@suanach]

@Falcon7001 I agree, going out of their way to ignore other worlds in the pre-existing metaverse, including Second Life and other Hypergrid-enabled interconnected worlds like Kitely, which has been around almost as long, but there are many others. Why focus on primitive stuff like Minecraft or Fortnite? Why doesn't he compare it to the Sims if he wants to make the pre-existing metaverse look inferior to Zuck's reinvention of the wheel.

[@wanderin6724]

@@suanach Enough to understand that it's not the metaverse.

[@madeline6663]

"The metaverse is comming. There is no turning back. We're going to go there." This ideia of inevitability that they're trying to force on us is what makes me the most angry... It's like we're powerless when it comes to our future.

[@bingobongo1615]

Yeah could this video start of any more stupid and pretentious? I mean does this guy have any shame?

[@sethother8012]

Yeah. Who wants the metaverse? Not me. We’re far from done with the real universe.

[@sang-yoon_han]

I want to see this fails.

[@sethother8012]

Unless someone has the courage to organize a rebellion of unprecedented size and scope. But who? No one is even acknowledging the true damage to humanity right now because anyone conscious of the cyberworld is lost in it. It will take someone of vision with the time and energy to present the true threat of the metaverse to the masses. And no one has done that yet on any scale to make enough impact to inspire a rebellion. So the bricks of the devastatingly debilitating metaverse continue to be laid. They will continue to be until a capable person takes relentless action.

[@raqueelolliveira5446]

Metaverso veio para inovar!

[@aarontalksculture4946]

So why exactly do we need the metaverse??? Oh we don't. OK 👌🏾

[@sadsffe1170]

You need, if you're a loser, have no social life, no friends, no skills but bunch of money that your parents saved for you cause with them you can buy all the nfts that you need to spend in meta😏

[@TartempionLampion]

Do we need the internet ?

[@savagebuck]

@@TartempionLampion If you want to be brutally honest, also NO.

[@Patralgan]

Here's my decade long experience with A metaverse of sorts: Second Life. When I'm not there, I'm doing better mentally. Why? What Second Life enables is a more social setting in a virtual world. It's not just a chatroom or collection of chatrooms, but it's approaching a real social setting with audio/visual gestures, positioning and activity. It's like attempting to bring forth the best of both worlds and it does, but you know what it also does? Bring forth the worst of both worlds. You can be much more toxic because the engagement is on another level (compared to a simple chat room) and it's not always so easy to escape it. It still allows the griefer to be toxic with virtually no consequences to them personally, so they might just as well be more bold about it. On paper I still love the concept of a metaverse, but it's just a shame that we humans are still pretty trash in the sense that even if a very small percentage can ruin the whole thing, they can and they will. In real life at least they're much more restrained because there's a real fear of retaliation and accountability and in a simple chatroom it's much easier to avoid such griefers or just not get affected by them. This doesn't mean I shun the new ideas of metaverse. I'm pretty excited about them, but it's not without the sense of dread which should be addressed to avoid really, really bad user experiences. In Second Life there's basically no moderation by the Linden Labs themselves, there has to be. There has to be accountability for bad behavior and it has to be effective.

[@hotbit7327]

Good points, but with moderation comes it's other side - agenda, propaganda and censorship. They seems to want to monopolise/move as many things as possible onto just one, facebook's platform, which, if successful, would give them unprecedented power in censorship and propaganda, and many more. A taste of this we have had with covid agenda, where there was ONE and ONLY "scientific" view, which was scientific in name only. Are you a world renowned professor of virology? CNN/BBC/FOX tv faces know better, shut up or you can loose your job and funding... Mr dr F. knows it all and no discussion is allowed. I hope they will fail badly. It's quite bad already.

[@king0s]

Thanks for sharing. KZbin comments are beautiful for contemplating an idea collectively

[@Angelicaarchangelica]

They need to regulate privacy rights and the ability to choose who you are interactive with.

[@Patralgan]

@@Angelicaarchangelica that's problematic since often you have to share spaces with multiple people and it can be really awkward when there's conversations and two persons involved in effect don't exist to each other or just one isn't even aware of the involvement of another because they have them blocked

[@Angelicaarchangelica]

@@Patralgan Exactly, if you block someone means you don't want that person involved in your life, if you tell someone they are not welcome why would you barge in into their living room or wherever else they are, unannounced, uninvited and unwelcomed? That should be regulated and outlawed somehow, but then there are cybercriminals that will hack you anyway. Imagine if neurolink becomes a widespread available option. Nightmare!

[@mpv9866]

A third of the way in, decided to go walk through the 'metaverse' aka the forest, nature.

[@GreyCrowe]

"Ready Player One"??? Can we at least *attempt* to fix one reality, before we set out to ruin a new one??

[@dogtown1ewok]

The metaverse was already implemented and has been operating for a couple of years now. It's a kids' game called Roblox. Also, have you ever heard of Runescape, Playstation Home or World of Warcraft? It seems like metaverse evangelists are forcefully trying to turn virtual world concepts into an abstract conception. Repackage and resell basically.

[@giacomolevi3115]

bro wtf. This video is literally about explaining u the difference between the metaverce and roblox lol

[@DavidLinkan]

Can you move seamlessly between WoW and Roblox with the same avatar ? No. Because they are independant apps, not connected within the Metaverse. You should rewatch the video again.

[@lenneavy]

I'm still highly sceptical to this idea. It feels like someone is annoyed with me that I'm not already there, not even explaining me why I would want to be there and the harder the push, the less convincing the explanations are. To me, this was a high-level definition of an imaginary system that might be created one day, when big tech companies will work together to, feels like, concentrate even more power and create even bigger data lakes.

[@purposefulconnectivity]

This is the best explanation of Metaverse I've ever heard on the internet. I am a non-techie and believe me, it was easy to understand the description given by Matthew Ball. Congrats and thank you so much, Matthew.

[@GINGIVITISSS]

Aw friggin' sweet! Man made horrors beyond my comprehension 😀👍

[@Angelicaarchangelica]

Hahaha

[@PsychonunBO2]

What commercials look like… feels biased af.

[@MentalWanderings]

Wild how this channel is blatantly bought by fundamentalists.

[@Badd.G]

It’s like they’re shoving it down your throat

[@vaughankorede521]

I don't think people hate the metaverse, they just hate the 6-13 trillion dollars he said at the beginning. Everything is about money. And we can seen where that has gotten us to.

[@elightenedking1997]

Nah... I hate the Metaverse too, even more after watching this video twice to understand why I have such disdain for it. 😏

[@leslietrenton8914]

I bet he managed to write a whole book about the Meta hype and not mention Second Life once. 🤣

[@UsmanAliAwan1]

He actually did.

[@thiabroido]

it's not primarily about Meta hype and it does discuss second life

[@R4tm1B29]

Based on this, Metaverse is still very much a concept and still a long way in building itself into a reality. Everything those companies are doing now in "the metaverse" is marketing and branding.

[@EdoardoMaggio]

That's exactly right.

[@roseywinter]

Agree, and there's also Entropia Universe.

[@Leksi20]

One problem with vr is that it uses only two of our senses, so people don't want to use it for a long time. Example: the reason why people get sea sick is because their visual experience doesn't correspond with the swaying motion of the ship and your body

[@juicegeneral5082]

That'll be old news in a year two max. I'm not worried and will continue to add to my meta stock

[@MistGR]

@@juicegeneral5082 I feel sorry for you and your laughing stock

[@johnnyperry1378]

If it's not made by God. It's not for me. If God wanted us to have these things, they wouldn't be so hard pressed for achievement.

[@otapi]

@@johnnyperry1378 Oh, come on, even your house is designed and built by men, not by God. Not to mention your clothes and foods.

[@johnnyperry1378]

@@otapi we were meant to live in houses, wear clothes. I don't believe we were meant to have microchips in our bodies.

[@robsol123]

Had to wait till 9 and half minutes for him to start explaining properly what the metaverse is

[@KaiseruSoze]

The metaverse is a place where you can amplify the noise to the point where nobody can hear the signal. It is very marketable and can be very useful. But I'm certain it will be abused. (I've been to SecondLife and have built lots of stuff there & like many others, got bored.)

[@tsusec]

I nearly forgot abot SecondLife...

[@dasfahrer8187]

It already is. Most of the people in there are grifters, spammers/scammers, and disturbed people trying to get people that sound like kids to have virtual sex w/them. It's dead out of the gate.

[@pedromartins239]

"You are in a live 3d simulation and you just don't know it". No sir, I beg to differ, reality is not VR.

[@dspada27]

@@chinopisces id say you are missing the point

[@lovelyarora3952]

Meta in the term means “beyond” and verse refers to the “universe.” Moreover, some people also use the term metaverse to refer to virtual worlds in which players can roam around and interact with other players; for instance, a world where developers can build buildings, parks, signs and things that do not exist in reality

[@Arthur-eg7uy]

yes let’s all isolate ourselves even more until depression and suicides skyrocket 🚀😢

[@NoahNobody]

I don't use FaceBook and I probably won't use the Metaverse either.

[@giacomolevi3115]

don't think ur better or smarter than everyone else cuz u still on youtube commenting and posting videogames videos, what's the difference?

[@SeekerGoOn2013]

What’s the matter with baking soda and vinegar? Hitting two rocks together? Walking your dog? The metaverse is better than resting next to a babbling brook? A baby crying? The scent of my lover? This metaverse relies on something the first world takes for granted - electricity. I worked for companies that designed and built security and detection systems using X-rays, Computed Tomography, and millimeter waves. You know what’s less expensive and better? Dogs

[@kittylove685]

this universe traumatised me enough... I am pretty sure I do not need the metaverse.

[@manojmistry499]

This guy has a vested interest in convincing people that the metaverse is inevitable and that it will be a multi-trillion dollar industry. He has a book to plug and Epillyon is an angel investor in meta verse-invested companies. That doesn't make him an expert in the metaverse with any experience in predicting how much it will be adopted over time. He is financially invested in convincing us that we all should embrace the metaverse so his investments can grow and his books can sell. Virtual worlds and environments have been around for a long time and the engagement data doesn't extrapolate to the "inevitability" that he speaks of. Lives are immeasurably better when they remain disconnected for the majority of their waking lives from social media and the internet and when they spend the majority of their time in the real world, creating meaningful experiences with real people and places.

[@Colorcrayons]

Well said, Manoj. Your last point is incredibly salient. Shills are gonna shill. It's too bad that garbage is being allowed on a channel called "Big Think" since it is anything but that.

[@theslifestyle2030]

Thats cause it is and will be. Imagine without googles and think of the Holodeck experience from Star Trek the Next Generation.

[@ANTHONY-ONLY]

So true,it'd be nice if he came out & said he was the person you informed us about."vested interest"?!?

[@Colorcrayons]

I feel like my IQ dropped by 12 points taking this video premise seriously by watching it and wasting my time.

[@shaz7132]

3D TV did not take off

[@Kevin-sy8uf]

Except this is the future. No one knows if the metaverse will become mainstream in the next decade or century but it does appear to fall in the "natural" progression of technology and people's needs

[@kastenolsen9577]

Agreed.

[@dan43544911]

You need it, and you don't know it is one of the worst selling points ever.

[@mrpearson1230]

If your "IQ dropped" from watching this video then you weren't paying attention. The ridiculous is no longer ridiculous once it becomes the norm. We already have what he's saying in video games but to establish a full functioning world in what he's speaking about requires "seeing in the future". It won't be here all of a sudden. Everything is incremental. 30yrs ago only rich people had cell phones.

[@__beinluv]

there are so many people without access to the internet, even people that doesn't have anything to eat or drink water... solving that would do more to the humanity than a pair of headsets that isolate us from the real world.

[@elightenedking1997]

The big companies spoken of, do not have kind hearts of compassion like you have. The target audience are consumers who have access to buy and use this "Meta mall". Once the quota of sheep herded into the VR realm is met, those left out will likely be ignored as poverty/starvation skyrockets or the "undesirables" will be deleted from the 3D realm for population control purposes. Thankfully, we peons are not interested so far... check out the movie "2047 Virtual Revolution" on Prime.

[@dee_ess]

Guess I'm moving to a tech free cult in the mountains in a few years...

[@Nertez]

He sounds like Zuckerberg's salesman. They try sooo hard to make a hype around "The Metaverse" while everyone is laughing. He mentioned money way too much in the video, too.

[@BusterDarcy]

So the metaverse is going to be a giant virtual shopping mall, can’t wait

[@bikerjon8934]

Waffles*Waffles*Waffles

[@Zachajaws10]

Yes

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

I've just been referring to "The Metaverse" as another Mark Zuckerberg cash grab.

[@stachowi]

you mean invasion of privacy?

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

@@stachowi That too.

[@cdsackett]

Meh

[@Colorcrayons]

@@cdsackett Yes exactly. That's the sort of blinkerd, philistine pig-ignorance we've come to expect from non-creative shills when faced with legitimate concerns and how they just invalidate them with a limp wristed "meh". Good job on displaying such valiant bravery, by sharing your spicey-yet-woefully-predictable hot take thought with all of us. I bet you broke your thesaurus rummaging for that perfect response.

[@andrewtheking3188]

Thought this was the multiverse not another scheme to get me to spend money

[@sickstysix9830]

This video, and the 'expert', is going to age about as well as the Jordan Peterson videos on Big Think. This has really put me off on the channel. In the past, technology has always pushed forward in a humble manner. But now we have these businessmen trying to sell us on 'the future'. Will the future come? Of course. But why is such a, supposedly, important and successful Souless Zuck-bot Clone telling us about it? What's in it for him? This is a huge waste of everyone's time.

[@zackmuniz6941]

Yeah, this. This comment is exactly it.

[@kingbaguette1843]

Don’t disrespect my boy Jordan like that

[@wanderin6724]

He's just explaining what it means, he's not trying to sell you anything.

[@fabled.]

Metaverse is coming. Please. Believe me. Begin assimilation.

[@cecilrobles9320]

Yes… right. “Technology has always pushed forth in a humble manner”. Like the web which pushed on so humbly in the 90’s through the dotcom boom and bust. Hmmmm 🤔

[@Catastrophe_0012]

Metaverse is an advanced space existing inbetween reality & imagination

[@keithramaphele4278]

I don't think many commenters in here has watched the entire video. Or they just didn't watched it and started commenting straight away.

[@giacomolevi3115]

yeah right, how many dumb comments lol

[@thomascrocker1264]

Seems like a pitch for investors to me...

[@SharePtless]

A fair assessment: a well-written and slickly-produced piece of content marketing.

[@kariannecrysler640]

They also only work with power sources. The saying “don’t put your eggs in one basket” needs to be a concept in the importance placed on the technology. Always assume the worst possible outcome, this way a failure in the system won’t be responsible for any harm

[@armartin0003]

You're a little ahead of your time, Mr. Ball. And the fact that the metaverse was named after a dystopic concept should be something you focus on. That said, I do wish for the metaverse to come into being. However, it needs to happen in a democratized way, and during a time in which state actors who actively use misinformation to twist people's minds are no longer in existence. Yes, I'm talking about the CCP and Putin's corruptocracy. A little hint, human beings are used to living in the real world. If you want to get people into meta, you shouldn't focus on the 3d immersive experience first. You should focus on augmented reality first. Put your underwear on before you put on your pants, my friend, not the other way around.

[@polytrelaras1]

You said : "...You shouldn't focus on the 3d immersive experience first". Well in actuality that is what the Metaverse is based on.

[@importantname]

this is how a commercial for computer gaming should be done.

[@radu1337]

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I don't see a majority of people spending huge amounts of time in virtual worlds. I've been a gamer for all of my life, and I don't see myself spending hours with a headset on. I think most of us desperately need more fulfilling real life experiences, not a virtual parallel universe. This will not happen, it will not be a major industry, at least not until we have something as immersive as the Star Trek holodeck, so there's no way this will happen by the end of the decade.

[@benferguson4629]

I'm still not enthusiastic about metaverse stuff. I can see it as a learning tool, so that's relatable to me. I'm a social introvert, so I don't really see me going into the metaverse to do things and go places by myself, when I already do that in the real world.

[@thiabroido]

to assume there wont be single-person experiences is fully absurd. its just that humanity is largely social

[@braindump313]

Imagine living in a simulation and moving into another simulation within the simulation.

[@rahat_uddin]

Well, it's the time to add "science literacy " in school syllabus.

[@babakmahinrad]

Thanks, it's also good if we think about future connections for Metaverse & Internet of thinks.

[@mikouh]

It's a shit ton of money and brain power put towards something that isn't going to solve any of actually important problems nor bring something that anyone needs to have a good life.

[@mikouh]

Trying to use tech to acheive something that exists if you step outside and talk to people is just a concept I can't understand

[@BusterDarcy]

Wow that robot almost seemed lifelike

[@nolan318]

The thing that I'm really excited about when it comes to this is being able to play WOW in virtual reality.

[@FupaDoncic]

Nice more ways to distance each other in real life and treat people like they are expendable.

[@abdul-qf2fe]

Whether it consists of virtual worlds or augmented reality technology, metaverse remains a gateway to more complex experience justifying the ultimate question of who will be entitled to adopt to the other humans to technology or vice-versa,mind-blowing stuff 😵‍💫🥳🚀

[@thechosenfun6795]

By the time I started to watch this it was posted 14 minutes ago....

[@NoHandleToSpeakOf]

Second Life was an early metaverse. It all went south when gambling was banned on it.

[@eihwazz12]

did i just watch an ad? explained as if i am supposed to not know everything about it just to be ready to buy an access to it in the future

[@josue.guevara]

Pure sophistry.

[@Allan-mf1he]

Everything about this irks me. There are so many problems that needs to be addressed in the real world before we create problems in a virtual one... Nothing good can come from this new energy intensive reliance controlled by a small number.

[@d.p8300]

Especially if this power is in the hands of elites who could potentially exploit it. We need to find a way to protect individuality and privacy

[@vaughnbellwood4605]

"And so the only way to contend with that is to be smart." Then we're screwed, lol. Because collectively we are definitely not "smart".

[@loppermann]

To quote VR-pioneer Jaron Lanier: “If you run [the metaverse] on a business model that’s similar to the one that Facebook runs on, it’ll destroy humanity. I’m not saying that rhetorically. That is a literal and specific prediction that humanity could not survive that.”

[@Achalacha]

Vr has a lot of potentiel and can do great thinks.(education, empathie, sports, simulation and others great things) Thhere are several race to gain economic dominance (space, energy, ... and VR = gain the attention of everyone) but I'm afraid that people will be " trap" inside the metaverse, our moderm society will enjoy so much the metaverse (life is too hard, metaverse is better) Objectif : make people addict to metaverse and make them the product (so much stimulis : entertainement, shopping, religion and other) Look at the impact of social media now (tik tok is destroying the "brain" of the news generation - they will be useless, sheep mass consumer witch 0 self control) , just imagine what can the metaverse causes if use for selfish or economic interets. Maybe I'm too pessimist (got red pills by our economic reality - black rock, Davos, tik tok, politic...), I love VR but if Meta succeeds, another generation can be doom and will be useless.

[@juicegeneral5082]

Can't wait that's why I'm buying meta stock

[@wanderin6724]

VR,AR, Metaverse,.. are always going to be a part of life, not the replacement of reality. If we forget that phones exists and we travel back to the 1980s, we would ask that person, who's standing alone at the corner, talking to a large black brick, why he's standing there alone. That person who's calling someone doesn't feel trapped or cares that he's hearing a simulated voice of the person he wants to call..

[@brianwxyz]

I think we’re overthinking everything now and with great compulsion because of our access and imagination as to what’s possible with technology. With that said, it’s definitely coming and in many ways is already here, but I doubt the metaverse will manifest into what we actually think it will be because the human conditions will kick in and we’ll be like, meh.

[@roseywinter]

Anybody who plays mmo games is familiar with the metaverse. I think it's strange that these companies are acting as though the metaverse is something brand new, and fail to mention virtual worlds like Second Life and Entropia Universe.

[@dannybucks9133]

Top facts about Metaverse: 1. The term “metaverse” first appeared in a dystopian cyberpunk novel “Snow Crash” by Neal Stephenson. It was written back in 1992. 2. According to Bloomberg Intelligence analysts, Metaverse may become an $800 billion market by 2024 3. There will be Real Estate, money, banks and land for selling in the metaverse. Indeed, some of them are already present in the virtual worlds. Now, think about it.

[@veronicabolton6381]

I think metaverse is bs

[@alonzocordero7242]

But you see how dumb that sounds, land in the multiverse, like sure on a website you must have a domain but like bruhhhhhh. Fucking stupid like it will make billions for video games, but using a different interface for zoom is not the metaverse is just the improvement of technology overtime and using it in a different application that is better like what are these people talking about

[@funcisco]

All the gas fees to access it are still a big barrier for entry for many, so unless that is addressed, it'll only be something for the middle/upper class.

[@elightenedking1997]

Nuff said. Hard pass. @ 3:00 mark - the term Metaverse comes from the "dystopic" science fiction novel Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson. Dystopia is "An imaginary place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible."

[@KungFuChess]

For this to really take off the hardware has to get much better and lighter

[@Angelicaarchangelica]

How can you be absolutely sure of who one is interactive with? If deep fakes can be generated by AI for common videos, how can one avoid falsification in the metaverse environment ?

[@thegentlemanphantom1040]

The "metaverse" is like that social media site that was hot for years, but loses popularity because of all the ads and monetization and people move to the next big thing with less annoying ads. Only the "metaverse" just skips that whole phase of being trendy and not overbearing with ads. It's just going to be a bunch of people trying to sell shit people don't need to other people selling shit people don't need at this rate lol. It's just rehashed ideas we already have, being done better outside of the "metaverse" in a less complicated and more convenient way.

[@JW-uv7ww]

The last thing he talked about should have been the first thing he talked about. Shows you where their heads/hearts are.

[@manishaverma2012]

Available individually and concurrently: Everyone can be a part of the Metaverse and take part in a specific event/place/activity simultaneously and with their agency in the Metaverse. ====

[@turbotonic27]

Still no idea what metaverse is after watching this

[@circa1890]

Sure. I'll pop into a holodeck now and again but there's no way that Ready Player One is that interesting. I remember well getting onto the "internet" in 1989 and seeing its value. This? Only for a few speciality needs and then being a liability to billions of others in our society.

[@jamisonmunn9215]

I heard flying cars in the 1980s, I hear every car would be self driving by 2010 and I heard bitcoin would used everywhere by 2020. These predictions are always way off. Even if they are technically possible in a technology sense the government can't legislate fast enough or good enough. You can read the book "Play Money" from 2007 that illustrates some of the problems, the authors goal was to make money selling virtual products in a game. How was he taxed, when creating such virtual products, the IRS still doesn't handle this virtual world very well.

[@hericsonsilva432]

Explicações do MetaVerse, muito top

[@diegorocha5080]

Ótimo trabalho de vcs no multiverso

[@cmleibenguth]

Tom Clancy's Net Force predicted something like this in 1999

[@samgold9151]

Thank you

[@danieltbrzezinski5413]

I still don't feel like I have any real understanding of what the metaverse is outside of a place to play games and socialize...

[@simpledown]

sooo… it’s basically real life but on the internet? did anyone ask for more internet in their lives? idk i think we all desperately need some sun, some trees and a swim in some water :)

[@peterclark6290]

Any metaverse has to be optional, verifiable and thus 'owned by the citizens'. No other model will end up providing true value. Anything 'virtual' is by definition anti-human. Climb that bloody mountain yourself: prepare, get set back, prepare harder and smarter then do. The human ego is always a problem.

[@davidmccarthy6061]

So Matthew's definition of it tells me it won't be a thing for at least another thirty years but as a new way to get money from investors it's a great idea. Not to mention a few having complete control and ownership of the private information of the many.

[@travisjones6991]

Is this actually Joe from Halt and Catch Fire?

[@user-gd4bh4hy1y]

Sou músico e produtor musical e o Meta está abrindo uma experiência incrível em tecnologia para se emocionar ainda mais na interação áudio visual.

[@odarigeraldangule]

I am always excited about this. Ready player 1 gave us a taste of AR, VR and MR. I just can't wait for it to be mainstream

[@Dr.Maged80]

The Metaverse has the potential to revolutionize education by providing an immersive and interactive learning experience. With its limitless possibilities for exploration and collaboration, the Metaverse is set to transform the traditional classroom setting and open up new avenues for learning and innovation. As we enter a new era of technology and education, the Metaverse is an exciting and promising development that holds great promise for learners and educators alike.

[@barhoumMiC]

In the simplest form, the Metaverse is the digitization of our world and the ability to connect every single should on earth. Which is truly impossible, except at infinity, mathematically speaking.

[@joejoey7272]

Sounds very dystopian

[@Ashallmusica]

I won't go virtual like leaving my physical experience to a digital one, i would really like to be in reality than this.

[@rayepenber7453]

Metaversus Word empowers both consumers and brands to participate in shared experiences with real utility and value. From stunningly realistic avatars to photo-realistic environments across multiple worlds, MetaversusWorld is the future of the metaverse.

[@acche-rc]

Why did 3d glasses fail?

[@gabrieljordan8015]

I still prefer to escape reality by reading good books. I don't think I'll ever subscribed to any sort of Metaverse platform.

[@TheShachimaru]

My question is: why? Why do we feel the need to transfer everything into a digital world instead of trying to make the real world a better place? Why do we need to spend trillions in creating a coherent, complete and harmonious Digital world instead of spending these Money into transforming the real world into such a place? If we are talking about creating a virtual Paradise, that will never suffice unless we'll all be transferred there permanently. But if we do that, who will stay behind to run the real world? Take care of our own physical bodies?

[@MuhammadFaizanVlogger]

is metaverse future's best&top technology? why the work "Meta " is written on facebook and instagram when we open both ?

[@Qpoint.0]

Can we switch to IPV6 first

[@appuser]

It can't exist unless companies agree on how to make everything interoperable. Many different things need to come together for their to be one metaverse. I see little compelling reason for big tech to cooperate enough to create a place together. What will drive them away from separate walled-gardens? Or trying to be "the one metaverse" by themselves (which would be bound to fail)?

[@j.d.4697]

Star Citizen will be the first step into the metaverse. The tech they are working on won't just be groundbreaking for games.