Serendipity and the Metaverse

Learn how to live in the future, the world is moving towards being distributed firstMark finds it odd that VR/AR related science fiction assumes the world is in a dystopian state, both worlds can positively coexist and even mutually benefit from each other

Mark: People think the metaverse is a place - but it's really about a time when immersive digital worlds become the primary way we live our lives. The metaverse is a continuation, not a new thing.

The goal of the metaverse is not to build technology for people to interact with; but rather, build technology for people to interact with each otherSpatial audio and eye contact technology are just two features to drastically improve on current video meeting technology, for exampleEstablishing a presence is the most difficult problem

Even simple strides in establishing a presence in VR will be impressive, there is an incredible innovation runway.  Think about eye contact, VR hopes to solve the lack of eye contact we lose over zoom calls (you can’t look at the screen and the camera at the same time).  Motion sickness in VR derives from the digital rendering not accurat... See more

The Metaverse could be an efficient way to test out social, economical, and political innovations.  Explore different variables that are appealing to people before committing finite resources in the physical world to an idea or policy

The metaverse will no doubt bring many benefits, joys, and human advancements, while also raising additional questions about our self-conception and what it actually means to 'advance' as humans. The metaverse is compelling because it asks us to more viscerally engage with what we believe about our bodies — about the paradigms we reify as we scaffo... See more