Howabout working and skip the metaverse? Wearing that bullshit will give people headaches. How much better does the tech have to be than half life Alyx for it to not suck? Idk i could see the techmology being cool but not for working.

It would be 2D though, which is unnatural/less engaging for real-time communication and much less interactive.

It's pointless because VR and the Metaverse will never be more important than the real world, it simply cannot be. Real life isn't like Ready Player One; if the world goes to shit VR ain't the answer. Improving upon the world, that's important, not making a false sense of reality.

The only growth a VR headset gives is an aneurysm.

AR is far more important to real world applications anyways; instead of building upon an escapist's addiction, it actually builds upon what really exists.

I’d rather do it on the metaverse than drive to work and work on things I could literally do at home.

That sounds not cool at all. Maybe blackjack and hookers, in fact.. forget the work

Yeah, anything that has the interest of corporate you should just stay away from it. Or at the very least ride the hype early and dump it whem everyone else catches on the scam.

Chatgpt has revived corporate’s interest in AI. They had been pursuing this but almost lost interest in it. Im still skeptical about it.

That would be cool. Have a really nice office where all your co workers could virtually be in. If you need to ask a question or work as a team you can just move your character over to the conference room or walk to the person you need.

I read all of this hate for Quest and Meta. You know what? Fuck Zuck. I don’t have a FB account. We have a house account for the Quest, and don’t do jack on Zuck’s shit platforms.

But even I can admit the Quest is fucking amazing, and Meta has something amazing here. The media has a hard on for hating this stuff and I don’t get it.

The Quest runs Android. Facebook doesn’t have a monopoly. The hardware platform can actually be fully reinstalled without issue.

Also, fuck capitalism. Success isn’t always about “profits”. You and I don’t get jack shit for that. You know what we do get something for? Accessible tech. I call this one a fucking win, especially with how shockingly open the Quest is.

You're talking about a VR app called Immersed that already exists. It uses the passthru cameras from the headset.

I have actually tried working in VR, and being able to have 5 resizable monitors definitely has its merits, but it's probably not for everyone.

Yeah, there’s a fair amount of misdirection in the media regarding practicality of the metaverse. Also asset ownership is somehow completely unappealing to gamers?

You know what I want at work? AR with my computer in it that projects a massive screen/workspace and a fucking killer app that makes configurable screens and windows, layouts as flow centric for what I'm doing as possible,

Something I could take anywhere and have the power of my laptop and ultrawide workspace on-demand and anywhere in the world.

Once we get there, knock yourself out and come up with some cool video chat stuff, but build it on top of a well-done OS.

Do you know what I don't want? To be forced to go to a meeting in FB (or any other corp) hellscape. But, I'm only counting down the days I need to make mindless small talk in front of some bullshit fake auditorium while waiting for my All hands Workplace meeting to start.

Also kind of weird everyones linking metaverse to VR

They are not directly tied to the hip

Metaverse can mean alot of thing like interoperable avatars or games. Without being relevant to a vr headset

In fact ironically having a closed ecosystem like occulus is the antithesis of a metaverse

The only thing I can think of would be augmented reality headsets to do

1. holograms of people in meetings, which is a pretty bland feature but I could see corporate world loving it.

2. being able to create hologram monitors such that you could have a head set rather than screens which would really then be can it do 3d well making it useful for 3d visualisation of data or designing/visualisation of 3d models and spaces. Or can it be very ergonomic and cheaper than monitors. This could in theory connect to an extremely powerful smart phone or tablet and replace office computers.

I feel like you could have a way better experience with something as simple as Tobii Eye with a desktop based environment than a VR headset in terms of a "meeting place".

You can still move your head around. but you're also sitting comfortably in your chair with nothing on your head (and still drink your coffee)

Can you imagine if meta spent a couple hundred million on a vr mmo to accompany the meta verse.

That was quite the… analysis.

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But in the metaverse I can be a sports reporter in Philly and have a sweet guitar swung over my shoulder.

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Pointless?

People lack vision. It will happen. It's just a matter of time. I seriously hope zuck doesn't control it when it does but he might.

The tech will get there. If he is the only one with a backend built.out to support it when it does it is going to be hard for someone else to step in.

I am holding out hope his shareholders put a leash on him or he runs out of money before it works.

I think you are right. People are laughing now but as the tech matures I think they will laugh less and less

Vr controlled by zuck is terrifying butt he is laying the foundation when the tech gets to where it works for your average person he is going to have a huge head start.

It's coming eventually regardless of how much people make fun of it now.

When I was over at my parents during Chinese new year. They been talking about how hype is meta verse in china. I feel at this point, metaverse become one of those buzzword where every WeChat investment guru talk about.. just like nft and stable coins.