whenever some tech person says “the metaverse” please remember that the term was coined by Neal Stephenson in 1992 to describe an exploitative, corporatized, hierarchical space that ultimately kinda sucks https://t.co/9OMTC0F1Wa pic.twitter.com/RTSLbNGvR7
— Kyle Chayka (@chaykak) August 6, 2021
Truly dark via @chaykak: “A blue-and-gray virtual universe looms. The more immersive it is, the more inescapable it becomes, like an all-encompassing social-media feed, with all the problems thereof.” https://t.co/rN4BtOtSYH
— Michael Luo (@michaelluo) August 5, 2021
What is the #metaverse and why is Facebook's vision more of a walled garden than its founder says? Good insights and lots to think about by @chaykak cc @alexsevigny #AIinPR #AR https://t.co/Utgb6o5zEN
— Martin Waxman (@martinwaxman) August 6, 2021
Facebook Wants Us to Live in the #Metaverse | The New Yorker
— Derrick Zierler (@DZierler) August 6, 2021
Is your portfolio ready?
Microdisplays + matching Pancake optics are key to the success of lightweight 5G #VR headsets required to access the meta verse. ?$FB$KOPN $EMAN $SONY $HIMX $vuzi https://t.co/54u0bgWXbe
I have to admit, it's been a trippy week seeing the term "Metaverse" escape containment from my super geeky Twitter timeline to like ... things my mom reads.https://t.co/iO0EROk8J1
— Ellysse Dick (@Ellysse_D) August 6, 2021
for my @NewYorker column I wrote about Mark Zuckerberg’s hopes for “the metaverse” and why a Facebook metaverse would be like dystopian Neopets https://t.co/9OMTC0F1Wa pic.twitter.com/jB8gfBh3O4
— Kyle Chayka (@chaykak) August 6, 2021