The Internet / Web was an evolving ecosystem of enthusiasts and companies, with academic roots, standards, and years of evolution.
Metaverse is a gimmick, just like Web3 and Second Life, and Microsoft Bob, etc...
Grumble grumble...
Metaverse is a gimmick, just like Web3 and Second Life, and Microsoft Bob, etc...
Grumble grumble...
Back in the pre-dot-com era I worked at a company that provided Neal with a lot of his background info on how a metaverse might work and many of the plans and guides this company developed remain relevant and interesting. We are still a decade or more away from hitting any of them on the technical side and the open social questions that we were able to wave our hands over at the time are now much more important to the conversation. Unfortunately these discussions would raise uncomfortable questions for both Facebook and most of the proponents of this new metaverse.