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ToFab123 | 4 years ago

And they will fail. I read long ago that the book "Ready Player One" was given to all FB employees and it is therefore fair to say that the metaverse is inspired by that book. Looking at Facebook today and trying to map that into a VR world will be a universe carpet bombed with advertisement and sponsored content. The universe you as a user would roam in would be like living on the canvas of a instance in Internet Explorer that has all available toolbars installed.

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mostertoaster|4 years ago

It’s unfortunate that ready player one is the book people think of. Ready player one is just ripping off Otherland by Tad Williams and throwing in 80s nostalgia. It is a better dystopian novel I’d say.

8note|4 years ago

I think a Facebook vr world is more likely to be the 2 minutes of hate from 1984, but all the time

disqard|4 years ago

Obligatory link to "Hyper Reality":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs