The metaverse is already here. It's just happening more in audio than in avatars.
Podcasts (and other audio) are a much larger scale opt-in into the metaverse than games or other virtual experiences.
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I’ve had the thought that it started with the Walkman in the 80s. Suddenly and without much comment, since it was pre-internet, the boom box disappeared and people retreated aurally behind headphones. Nobody thought it was weird. Headphones were specialized equipment before.
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Yes, I think live participatory discourse takes it to another level of participation.
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Actually, I believe William Gibson first identified the significance of the release of the walkman for the proliferation of virtual spaces.
Most people would call the iPod more significant, and they would be mistaken.


