Benson Gravois Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 So this new "Meta" Zuckerberg is talking about creating sounds like Second Life. We've all been using the term "metaverse" from the start, in fact he sounds like Philip Rosedale 20 years ago. My question is how will this effect Second Life? Will we be incorporated into this? Is this finally Philip Rosedale's vision becoming a reality? Any thought? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 14 minutes ago, Benson Gravois said: So this new "Meta" Zuckerberg is talking about creating sounds like Second Life. We've all been using the term "metaverse" from the start, in fact he sounds like Philip Rosedale 20 years ago. My question is how will this effect Second Life? Will we be incorporated into this? Is this finally Philip Rosedale's vision becoming a reality? Any thought? Here ya go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Istelathis Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I haven't looked too far into it, but it reminds me of Sansar. I don't think it is going to be a huge success as VR is still in its infancy and while it is fun, it is also still bulky, not very portable, and only visual. I don't think people are going to be leaving in droves from SL, if anything perhaps it will have a few more people investigate SL as an alternative. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryanne Solo Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Just starting to be discussed in media in this country. Once the world realises his shiny new barrow is 20 years old 🙄 That will be the last straw for the big Z's cred metinx. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shireena1 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Dunno why they didn't just call it metadata and be done with it. Anyway, i guess not many people will be buying several pc's capable of VR, so that their kids can get on there for ten minutes till they get tired of it, or banned, whichever comes first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmoe Whitfield Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 well with with them creating this, I can predict it will get massive, a huge scandal will take place, it will shutdown, guess what's still here SL, the only thing LL can not do is sell out to zuck, money should be no object and we should not have to worry about it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qie Niangao Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I hear a giant sucking sound, developers to the Zuckerverse. Recruitment: Can you spell "VR"? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shireena1 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 29 minutes ago, Qie Niangao said: I hear a giant sucking sound, developers to the Zuckerverse. Recruitment: Can you spell "VR"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bree Giffen Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Tech companies buy up hundreds of smaller companies every year. They destroy small competitors and acquire employees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinos Field Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 No risk of them buying/incorporating SL. They want a squeaky clean environment where people unfortunate enough to have been born without any lower bodies can socialize, doing things like sharing their personal details with megacorporations. The "squeaky clean" is the sticking part, since SL's servers run pretty hot and sticky. That's why they'd sooner prefer we don't exist at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ati Thei Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Pancake Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 7 hours ago, Bree Giffen said: Tech companies buy up hundreds of smaller companies every year. They destroy small competitors and acquire employees. Buying companies to remove their offerings from the marketplace and retain a percentage of the users is business as usual. LL did exactly this when they launched the SLM. We're not an alternative or a competitor to FB, we're breakfast. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qie Niangao Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I don't expect Meta to buy companies anymore. Given current scrutiny, any acquisition would risk the whole enterprise getting diced up and the bits auctioned-off to competitors. Otherwise, of course Zuck would simply buy the industry. It's not that big, as long as you don't get distracted by gaming. Oh, they'd love to buy Roblox as a kind of in-house content generator—the Moles of Meta—but that would just taunt big tech anti-trust oversight by Klobuchar and whichever GOP senator can still hold in the drool enough to participate in legislation. So instead of acquisitions, they'll just have to hire away everybody who ever touched 3D graphics code. Should be very good for developers (both Linden and TPV), and very bad for SL: Labs will be lucky to retain enough staff to fix showstopper bugs. And yet, Zuckerberg's whole "metaverse" pivot smells of smoke screen, or at best his lame entry in the billionaire space race, flown from his couch in a pair of Oculus goggles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qie Niangao Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 12 hours ago, bigmoe Whitfield said: well with with them creating this, I can predict it will get massive, a huge scandal will take place, [...] Kind of inevitable, right? Commence the fully immersive sacrifice of virgins to eating disorders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Redstar Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Pancake Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 8 minutes ago, Qie Niangao said: Kind of inevitable, right? Commence the fully immersive sacrifice of virgins to eating disorders. Only due to FB's power and reach, any such issue will take many years before it manifests into actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qie Niangao Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 (edited) How can they be this bad at everything? Edited October 31, 2021 by Qie Niangao 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Istelathis Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, Qie Niangao said: How can they be this bad at everything? It reminds me of the old late night advertisements that would run for hours at a time in the US. They just need an audience in the background, clapping and cheering at everything they say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillith Hapmouche Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Just writing to complain that I'm automatically assuming "meta data" as in webpages and such, then "meta gaming" as in roleplay... and not some stupid crap that the Zuckerberg guy promotes so much that it's certain to fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doris Johnsky Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Being very anti FB, I could care less what that dweeb comes up with. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Redstar Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I suspect Sansar fell flat cause the VR gear is a very small niche for rich techie geeks. And even if VR becomes "cheap" who wants to be strapped in for hours? But as far as cutting into SL - yeah, don't see it , if anything, might get more people interested in virtual worlds and increase traffic for SL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 5 hours ago, Qie Niangao said: How can they be this bad at everything? Scripted, choreographed and dubbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Pancake Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Jackson Redstar said: I suspect Sansar fell flat cause the VR gear is a very small niche for rich techie geeks. And even if VR becomes "cheap" who wants to be strapped in for hours? But as far as cutting into SL - yeah, don't see it , if anything, might get more people interested in virtual worlds and increase traffic for SL VR is a high engagement activity and ignoring all the potential motion sickness, can be mentally exhausting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryanne Solo Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 How can they be this bad at everything? Nothing screams credibility like a false leather jacket.... and some uber bozo. 🤮 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akane Nacht Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 16 hours ago, Qie Niangao said: How can they be this bad at everything? Still getting the hang of his emotion chip? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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