Difficult for me to see what distinguishes Twitter from the metaverse. People are inside Twitter, to use Zuckerberg’s term
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They have an avatar, they play a role. Twitter is permanent and continuous. You return to where you left off.
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That seems a rather superficial and technical difference. And by the way Zuck for one has said you will be able to access the metaverse from your phone or laptop, not necessarily a VR-set. Seems the concept is broader than 3D simulation
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It isn't... I recommend trying it out. Sure it will have aspects accessible from other modalities, but strong medium-is-the-message effects are at play here. I wouldn't reductively map it to textual immersion. It's like saying Twitter is basically like a paper book library.
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No, not that. It’s that Twitter is a platform you inhabit. A book is not something you can jump inside and play a role. That defines the metaverse, not the technical modality
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I've heard people make the same argument about the feeling of being in a library, talking to great minds through the ages, and like-minded people in the cafe 😂
In general, I go strongly by McLuhan's "rearview mirror" argument that people tend to see the new in terms of the old
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