First of all, thank you for reading. There's so much word vomit about AR and VR that I'm surprised you can handle any more. I really appreciate it. I hate talking about what so many people think is just a buzzword, but here we are.
I don't think I have anything new to say about the tech's newest craze, "the metaverse." That's the problem. If you ask someone "what is the metaverse?" it's not that they wouldn't be able to tell you; they wouldn't know which one you're talking about. I mean that literally. At Thanksgiving, ask your weird Uncle what he thinks about the metaverse. He'll probably mention something about virtual reality or Facebook before spouting off something homophobic.
There's World of Warcraft, Roblox, Rec Room, Minecraft, Animal Crossing, and I'd argue, even Zoom.
Despite not having any new hot takes, I can't stop thinking about our new mixed realities. What I hope, literally pray for, is that the metaverse never becomes one place. I wa