Meet Me in the Metaverse | Andreessen Horowitz

Fully emergent social experiences that model the serendipity of the real world will become the norm through two key trends: the proliferation of user-generated content (UGC) and the evolution of AI

One analogy for this behavioral model is YouTube. Today you can visit YouTube without knowing exactly what videos you plan to watch. You can take a random “walk” through a nearly endless catalog of user-generated content. In a similar fashion, the Metaverse will be YouTube for social experiences—a place where we can meet and discover new experience... See more

the most exciting part about the Metaverse is not its scope or infrastructure, but its potential to reinvent the way we interact with our friends and loved ones.

Whereas only a small number of people can be creators today, this AI-supplemented model will fully democratize content creation. Everyone can be a creator with the help of AI tools that can translate high-level instructions into production-ready assets

Maintaining a high quality bar can be difficult, given the sheer volume of content being created. And due to the need for users to learn new tools and programming skills, content creators tend to be vastly outnumbered by consumers.