Is Metaverse that demon the world is expecting?

Is Metaverse that demon the world is expecting?

Is Metaverse that demon the world is expecting?

Beyond the Silicon Valley the phrase Metaverse has been a subject topic since October when the C.E.O of Facebook came up stage to say that the name of his company will be changed to Meta. This word has triggered a raise of the eyebrows, most of the tech companies at the silicon valley are throwing their feet all in in an effort to be a part of this buzzing word that has gone far beyond speculations, This is envisaged to be the fiercest battle in the tech valley, The rising questions are; What is Metaverse, will Metaverse be a replacement for the internet, Will Facebook change its core objective which has to do with connecting people all around the globe, even some others who are scared of digitalization; those who gaze at modern inventions as a raging fire that will raze the human race had come up with the most bizarre question ‘’Is Metaverse that demon the word is expecting” This post will be an educative guide with an objective of giving clarity to all questions anyone might have about Metaverse.

I think we should start with the simplest;

What is Metaverse?

Defining Metaverse is a herculean task because it doesn’t exist, at least not yet; but because so many companies such as Facebook (sorry I mean Meta), Microsoft, Epic games, Nvidia are keen on queuing into this word hence we should find a definition for it.

They call it the future of the internet; if the internet is a 2 dimensional sphere the Metaverse is a 3 Dimensional zone. You might call Metaverse an imaginary world (not yet existing) in real time where users can jump in and have the real time experience as such as they have in the real world, in this social sphere people will be able to meet each other with the help of personalized averters that make them feel more present than a plane video call. This description of Metaverse might be insufficient because we’re yet to know the full extent of Metaverse. But one thing is certain it is an immersive next generation of the internet that will make use of Virtual reality, Augmented reality and even the internet will play a part in this futuristic technology.

Neal Stephenson; a science fiction writer was the first to coin the word in the year 1994 in his novel called “Snow crash” hence the concept of Metaverse started just as an unachievable science fiction although it’s not yet achieved. Meta means Beyond and verse was factored out of the world universe hence Metaverse can be summarized as “a world beyond the universe”.

Description of a Meta world

According to the Facebook CEO Mark zuckererg, the Metarverse will have what he referred to as a Horizon home. 

The horizon home: this a home space in the Metaverse belonging to you alone, the design of the home will be selected by you alone, and no one can have access to your Horizon home without your permission. Just the same way you do it in real world, you can invite your friends and they will come to your space as avatars and you all will have as much fun as you want. Yes you can go to the mall for shopping, oh yes you can go to the gym house, you can go for a party, I mean you can have sleepovers. What a hell, I forgot you can take your crush Jenny on a date in the best restaurant. Come on guys, you can go for a game. 

Let me describe a scenario in Metavarse: Jill comes back from work, he sits on his couch and puts on his headset; and Jill appears in his horizon home as an avatar; Jill gets a game; chess game, Jill is good at Chess game, Jill puts a call from his horizon home to Garry who is in his house in real world; yes Jill calls Garry from the Meta world and Garry answers in real world. “I’ll be there in a jiffy, let me finish my dinner” Garry rushes over his food, puts on his headset and jumps into the Meta world; Garry knocks at Jill’s door. Jill opens to see Garry’s avatar. “What’s up Garry?” Jill offers Garry a drink, after which they started their game, yes they placed a bet and Jill won the bet. It was getting late in the real world, they both said their goodbyes, they fix another game the next week, and this time they say they will invite Caroline, Barry, Trend and Rock.

Wow! What a wonderful world the horizon home will offer; but according to CEO Mark it will be far much better than what I described.

The Meta workspace: remote working (working from home) is something that has come to stay, but the Metaverse offers something better. This time around Jill doesn’t need to stay at home working and feel absent in the work place. Jill stays at home, puts on his headset and he sees himself in the workplace as an avatar. Nice suit Jill, Garry commends his suit. Jill works with his Meta screen from the comfort of his home with his favorite jump suit but is present in his workplace as an avatar. After work Garry reminded Jill of their game as Jill removes his headset.

An Avatar: Oh I nearly forgot this important subject. What’s an avatar? an avatar is your presence in the digital world(Meta world) This is a digital rendering of your appearance. You will resemble a cartoon but it will look really like you. You can upgrade your avatar, get a new t shirt, yes grow beard, your avatar can also wear your favorite spectacles. 

The whole issue about the Metaverse sounds so cool to me, I don’t know about you but it will be unjust if I tell you that there are no unanswered questions;

Will all the companies scampering to build Metaverse come together to build Metaverse or will there be different Metaverse?, The wealth you accumulate in Metaverse, can you convert them to physical currency in the real world?, Won’t Metaverse cause distancing between human beings in the real world, are we not likely to spend more money developing the our Meta world because the Meta world seem more interesting? won’t we gradually lose our humanity to virtual(ity)? Well the question; ''Is Metaverse the demon the universe is expecting?''; is still valid and hold on one sec, how will time, day and night work in the Meta world relative to time in the real world?; millions of questions but the most essential question is; will the dream of Metaverse ever be achieved or will it remain just fantasies and fiction?.

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