In late 2021, I wrote a four-part article series about the vast potential and possible downsides of Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the Metaverse. At the time, Facebook and Oculus (which had previously been bought by Facebook) were both rolled into a new parent company: Meta. Facing falling use at Facebook … [continued]
About a year ago, I wrote a series of articles exploring the possible benefits and downsides of Facebook’s Meta’s Metaverse plans. In some ways, referring to it that way isn’t fair, because Oculus (which was bought out by Facebook and became Meta) isn’t the only player in that arena. A … [continued]
Meta (the company formerly called Facebook) and other VR companies have created a virtual world (or, more correctly, a bunch of virtual worlds) where you can do many things like you would in the real-world, but from the comfort (and safety) of your own home. These worlds are called the … [continued]
In this final part of the series, I’m going to cover important human rights considerations that must accompany the development of the Metaverse if we want it to succeed. If you’re just tuning in, you can find Part 1 here. Human Rights Are Key Having a good assortment of virtual … [continued]
In the first two parts (you can find Part 1 here, and Part 2 here), I covered the challenges the Metaverse faces, as well as the things that it has going for it. Unlike the clunky VR of the 90s through 2015, VR has matured to the point where it … [continued]
This article is Part 2 of a multi-part series. You can find Part 1 here. In Part 1, I went over the very valid reasons people are skeptical of VR technology. As recently as 5 years ago, VR was clunky and blurry. Now, things are improving, and Oculus (owned by … [continued]
Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement of a company name change was widely panned today, at least on the social media sites I use. On Twitter, people were mocking the new name (Meta), the VR and AR idea, and other things. On YouTube, commenters trotted out the usual jokes about androids and lizards, … [continued]
