13/ If those digital UNIverses were to ever be interconnected they would have an incentive to follow the old adage that people will GO where they are welcome and STAY where they are well-treated. Crappy people make crappy places which send better people to better places...
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14/ As an aside - all of these places even with the best rules + regulations + content moderation will still AMPLIFY our primate TRIBAL behavior. Ever see a noob on Roblox? They get taunted by other kids for having default 'bacon hair' You. do. NOT want. Bacon Hair.pic.twitter.com/nDj6lnGimz
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15/ The best platforms inside the metaverse ought compete as cities do for citizens who create policies + incentives + induce citizens wanting to 'spend time' (and money) in them...
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16/ Just as broadcast content companies do in 2D on SCREENS (netflix, hbo, apple+, youtube) via subscriptions... and as networked user-generated content on social media does (IG, Snap, TikTok, Twitter) via mins of engagement monetized to advertisers...
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17/ Wherever people are spending time with other people, it will be a de facto form of 'social media' and like all technologies it will be an amplifier. TVs amplify messages Instagram + TikTok amplify lust, jealousy, greed...
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18/ The broadcast news always said with authority (like Walter Cronkite): i'm here, you're not, now...know this. Social media says: i'm here, you're not, na na na nana
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19/ Back to the TECH of the 'METAVERSE'... RENDERING comes via The hardware chips (GPUs + edge chips) + The software engines (Unity, Unreal, Godot) with diff biz models- respectively (seat license, free w/royalty, open source)...
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20/ The app layers are the currently popular and surely future emergent universes (Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, Apex Legends, etc) The connection, networking, comms protocols enabling low-latency and real-time massive participation will be led by
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21/ And the payments layer will be mix of converted in-game currency and crypto The NFT movement is silly at first (digital art) but it is encouraging more widespread use for identity + 3D avatars that will have the persistence across UNIverses and there is a useful analogy: GPS
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We've had AR for years, it was called a map, or a Walkman, even the phone is AR, it makes reality better. The moment you stick anything on your head you are signaling to others you are not totally present, the beauty of other AR devices is people can see you're looking away.
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this is why i think mobile projector / camera systems are going to be magical
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