The app has been slowly rolling out internationally, with more and more countries being added to the available list. Anywhere from a private home, to a public park, to a comedy theater, boxing events, and so much more.
Users are given a toolset to go and develop interactable virtual worlds for users to engage in. ” This app is similar to world building apps of the past such as Second Life, or other current VR world building apps such as RecRoom, VRChat, and Altspace. Meta also has a community-driven world building app known as “ Horizon Worlds.
It is theoretical and a long term vision, but not in play today. The emphasis then, and as it’s remained, is that the “metaverse” is theoretical and there is still a lot of work and upgrades before we are “there.” But most importantly, there is nothing currently Meta is claiming to be the Metaverse. A virtual world with a real world economy mixed in. This also marked the phasing out of the Oculus brand to be replaced with Meta as well.Īt this conference, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta founder and CEO, explained their long term vision and goal with virtual reality as a theoretical “Metaverse”. Media really seemed to start running wild in October 2021, after Meta, then named Facebook, announced at their annual Facebook Connect conference that they are changing their parent company name from Facebook to Meta - as it’s known today. However, it’s hard to blame him or other consumers when that’s the narrative spouted out by major reputable news outlets. Brian Redban is no novice to the world of VR and even hosts a YouTube show called “ Virtual Redban ” that is filmed in VRChat. However, back to the bitter, a lot of the mentions of virtual reality in the mainstream goes to the false narratives that Horizon Worlds is the “metaverse,” and even on the most recent Joe Rogan Experience episode with Brian Redban ( JRE #1913 ), Redban claimed that Meta is “going bankrupt.”Īn increasingly commonly said and ridiculous statement, as Meta is one of the most profitable companies in the world. Even on “ The Joe Rogan Experience ”, one of the most popular podcasts in the world, the topic of virtual reality and “the metaverse” comes up at least weekly. It’s been a fun ride to say the least, and the industry seems to grow by the day.
Together with my father, we started the Ruff Talk VR podcast about a year and a half ago. However, on the sweet side, when I opened up my Meta Quest 2 for the first time (then named Oculus Quest 2 - RIP), I couldn’t imagine that VR would be as mainstream and popular as it is today or get nearly the coverage that it gets. On the bitter side, there’s rampant misinformation spreading around, mostly due to terrible journalism and editorial opinions from the leading technology news websites. It’s bittersweet when your niche passion becomes mainstream.
0 kommentar(er)
