> and soon the metaverse
That assumes Meta's plans for the metaverse ever pay off, and in my humble opinion, that's less than certain.
That assumes Meta's plans for the metaverse ever pay off, and in my humble opinion, that's less than certain.
I'm not sure if I trust Facebook with making it something worth using for me. They seem focused on becoming the middle man for selling content like Apple with their app store. Which sounds good. I can get on board with that.
But I think their mindset will draw them back into datamining, 'engagement' and ads anyway. They're just employing too many people that are really good at it.. It's hard to turn the corporate equivalent of an aircraft carrier around. But I hope I'm wrong.
However when it becomes a success, competitors will come up with a different focus. They will have demonstrated the added value and others will jump in. Either way it's going to be good for VR.
I think they really have something with this. And it's a ballsy move going all-in on it. They regained some of my respect for it.
Heck, a lot of people couldn't stand being restricted to Zoom and other internet interaction during lockdown (admittedly I didn't mind as most of my social life was online anyway prior to the lockdown.) Imagine trying to make all of that happen via VR headsets instead of tablets and screens.