[therealbilly]

I have no doubt the metaverse will be the future. Obviously it's hard for people to imagine the possibilities. It's also hard to explain it to people who lack imagination. I think it opens up amazing new horizons for humans to be a part of. From work to recreation. One example, you are working, writing code. You have virtual monitors hanging in front of you. No need to have a physical monitor with limited real estate. Your virtual monitors can be any width or height. They can be swiped aside or brought into focus. Your teammates appear and disappear as the needs dictate. You can have that virtual golden retriever you always wanted, lying by your feet. Music is playing in the background. This while you sit in the Taj Mahal. Later in the day you want to walk on the beach in Bali. One gesture, you are there. It's live and it's sunset. So yes, I want the metaverse sooner than later.

[laratied]

As if a huge part of the experience of a beach in Bali is not feeling the sand between your toes, the temperature of the water on your skin, the smell of the ocean, the ambient air temperature, the feeling of a change in your weight when you dive underwater, not being able to breath underwater, being cooler when you get out of the water than when you enter, all the local people your interacted with to get to the beach.

Maybe it is you who lacks imagination because pretending reality is just what you can see and hear while wearing a mask is utter bullshit.

[jurimasa]

Power went down. You remove the now black box over your eyes and start sobbing on your concrete habitable module.

[JohnFen]

> It's also hard to explain it to people who lack imagination.

Be careful about assuming that people who disagree with your predictions do so because they lack imagination.