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BigMax t1_j95knpa wrote

Exactly. I feel like the first successful “metaverse” is going to be some small company that builds something that they just think is fun/cool/useful/whatever.

It can’t start off as a massive corporate soulless thing that comes out of a boardroom and jumps to massive success. It will be something like vr chat, simple, basic, with a subset of interesting uses, that then grows from there.

I think facebook screwed up in their approach. Why spend billions when they could have spent millions? Create one (or maybe a bunch) of SMALL apps, see what takes off, iterate, build from there.

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_WhatchaDoin_ t1_j9565pz wrote

People have no idea what ad tracking means. lol

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To be comfortable, and feel that VR looks real you need actual measurement, and then people think that if you are 5ft you will get an ad for a pasta maker, and if you are 6ft you will get an ad for a vacuum cleaner.

So much lack of critical thinking. Reddit is not better than other social networks (audience think they are somehow smarter).

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And yes, you are right, there is no private information as targeting for an ad. Overall, it is pretty generic and based on interests, locations, people with similar behaviors.

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MichaelScottsWormguy t1_j953s4l wrote

I would never get one but as an idea I kind of love this! It reminds me of all the wacky marketing stunts companies pulled in the 2000’s. 10 year old me would’ve been all over a Coke themed phone back in 2007.

It also brings back memories of the pre-smartphone era where every phone had some kind of gimmick to make it more marketable.

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