The metaverse is a future vision of the digital world in which people socialize, work, and play across multiple domains which are socially and economically integrated with the physical world. [1] Multiplayer games are an example of what the metaverse of the future could look like as they feature important aspects such as persistence and community.
Fortnite, a popular example of the metaverse, began from an internal game jam at Epic Games around 2011. The foundation of Fortnite originated from the concept of merging the construction game genre, representing games like Minecraft, and shooter games. Once a relatively simple game, Fortnite is now a multibillion-dollar enterprise that hosts concerts and movie premieres. Its publisher, Epic, describes it as “a phenomenon that transcends gaming.” But 3D graphics and fantasy/sci-fi themes are not what make the metaverse. A more accurate representation of the metaverse might be if Twitter had graphics and a currency. According to Scott Galloway:
It’s a persistent, online extension of reality, with a large and diverse community of contributors who trade in the true universal currency: our attention.
The full metaverse lies in a distant future in which distinct virtual worlds coalesce into a single integrated online world that is in turn integrated with the physical world. Your identity, your relationships, your money are the same online and off, and among different communities within the Metaverse--a linked, interoperable world of multiple environments of varying public and private nature, like the Internet. [1]
News
Whats up with the metaverse?, Inside
Transhumanism and the Metaverse, by Charles Eisenstein
References
Meta... verse by Scott Galloway, profgalloway.com
Navigating The Metaverse Through Online Community, advertisingweek.com
Why and How to Get Your Brand into the Metaverse, collectivecampus.io
Creators
#citizensofone (See: Citizens of One)
Contexts
#index (See: #index)