> In the end, the metaverse will be the internet, but mostly experienced through the medium of VR/AR.
Depends on who gives the smart glasses it's 'killer app' and the ecosystem it needs to take off and who ever executes that properly, will win. The games are going to come first.
Probably will come from either Meta, Apple, Google or Microsoft. Most likely from Meta with the support of the Web and PWA's first.
> In the meantime, all we can do is make sure that Facebook’s cut of VR social networks stays as small as possible.
I don't see anything out there right now to counter what Meta is about to do, unless Mastodon or something else is planning to persuade the masses to not make money on the metaverse and stay on the fediverse.
Either way, this decade is going to introduce the smart glasses and it will come from Big Tech again as it did with smartwatches. Sorry.
Smartwatches aren't new in the same way smartglasses will be new.
Watches weren't new, calculator watches were introduced almost half a century ago, the concept had a ton of time to mature. A HUD/AR capable smartglasses will be an entirely new concept that has so far failed spectacularly every time it has been tried. Not saying it won't happen, just that it'll need a lot more time to mature as a consumer product than smartwatches did -- there's a lot more to it than waiting until the technology is capable.
< Smartwatches aren't new in the same way smartglasses will be new.
My whole point is about execution, rather than something being 'new'.
It's not about being first or introducing something 'entirely' new, it's about the overall execution of the concept which then leads to mass adoption and who ever does that properly with a 'killer app' and ecosystem behind it, wins.
Can you tell me who currently leads in the smartwatches market?
> unless Mastodon or something else is planning to persuade the masses to not make money on the metaverse and stay on the fediverse.
Exactly this. Mastodon on its own is clearly not enough. And cryptoeconomic systems still have to navigate financial regulations successfully before they ever become legitimate contenders.
Not sure I see another macrotrend out there to help counter this. Except crypto. And despite all my faith, I remain skeptical.
Depends on who gives the smart glasses it's 'killer app' and the ecosystem it needs to take off and who ever executes that properly, will win. The games are going to come first.
Probably will come from either Meta, Apple, Google or Microsoft. Most likely from Meta with the support of the Web and PWA's first.
> In the meantime, all we can do is make sure that Facebook’s cut of VR social networks stays as small as possible.
I don't see anything out there right now to counter what Meta is about to do, unless Mastodon or something else is planning to persuade the masses to not make money on the metaverse and stay on the fediverse.
Either way, this decade is going to introduce the smart glasses and it will come from Big Tech again as it did with smartwatches. Sorry.