The Metaverse: Birth of a New Medium

The Metaverse

We already have a little - and are now witnessing the birth of a new medium: live, in colour, in 3D, interactive, convergent. And for the very first time in over 100 years!

After speech, text & image, audio & video, the Metaverse is the first truly new medium since ... film! We are on the verge of leaving the two-dimensional media world - and even complement our physical reality.

TV, video, streaming are ultimately just iterations of two-dimensional film - invented at the end of the 19th century. Radio is just the little audio sister from the 1920s. Gaming plays a special role in terms of interactivity. But ultimately it's only on a 2D screen.

The already effected and expected multi-billion investment in the Metaverse will provide us with an entirely new three-dimensional medium. This is for the very first time during our lifetime!

Optimally, the Metaverse will indeed be the next iteration of the Internet: an open, free, virtual space that we can own and design as we wish. A place that enhances, beautifies, improves our virtual and even physical reality.

But as a new, unique medium, the Metaverse will be so much more than the Internet, which ultimately "just" absorbed and rethought the familiar media.

"But Facebook..."

It is well known that negative news generates much more attention than positive news. The news value is simply higher. And of course, many in the old media and on the Internet know that.

And without any doubt, Facebook is in many ways neither a model company - nor could any company live up to that ideal. If anything, Facebook is the ideal of a walled garden.

But Meta already has (Oculus) and wants to invest in the Metaverse. Nobody can or wants to prevent that. And the good thing: the results will pay into the idea one way or another.

Instead of lamenting how evil Meta or Facebook are, it seems truly wiser to actively bring together the fascinating technologies of the Metaverse - 3D, AR, VR, MR, and the Internet and blockchain, too - and engage society and economy in a meaningful way.

What's News?

Metaverse @Metaverse

Metaver.se »#Facebook is backing away from #facialrecognition. #Meta isn’t: The #socialnetwork is scaling back facial recognition, but similar #technology could show up in the #metaverse.«

vox.comFacebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t.The social network is scaling back facial recognition, but similar technology could show up in the metaverse.

Metaverse @Metaverse

Metaver.se »#Microsoft and #Meta are on a #collisioncourse for #metaverse #competition: #MicrosoftTeams enters #themetaverse race with #3Davatars and #immersivemeetings.«

theverge.comMicrosoft Teams enters the metaverse race with 3D avatars and immersive meetingsNew virtual spaces and 3D avatars are coming in 2022.

Metaverse @Metaverse

Metaver.se »Both the #US & #China are trying to build and lay claim to the #metaverse, with other actors such as #Europe trying to do so as well, but they simply don’t control enough of the #coretechnologies that make #themetaverse possible.«

techcrunch.comIs China building the metaverse?A heated debate is going on about the race between the United States and China to dominate in AI. But perhaps the more strategic question is whether China is building the metaverse.

Metaverse @Metaverse

#Metaverse »#NFTs, or #nonfungibletokens, are the #key to #themetaverse, experts say: With the #digitaltokens, people are becoming #owners on the #internet, instead of simply #renters.«

j.mpWhy NFTs and the metaverse will make you an owner — not just a renter — on the internetNFTs are the digital key to unlocking the metaverse, making people owners, not just renters, on the internet.

Metaverse @Metaverse

#Metaverse »#Nike #trademarkapplications and #jobpostings hint at joining #themetaverse.« j.mp/3EDc8yH

Metaverse @Metaverse

#Metaverse »#MarkZuckerberg says #newmaterial #ReSkin can detect #forces down to 0.1 newtons from #objects that are less than 1 mm in size. "This brings us one step closer to #realisticvirtualobjects and #physicalinteractions in #themetaverse".«

j.mpMark Zuckerberg says a new skin-like material could support metaverse ambitionsScientists at Meta, have developed a new material and a touch sensor that they claim have the potential to support the development of a so-called metaverse.

Metaverse @Metaverse

Metaver.se »#Meta is reportedly planning #physicalstores to #showcase its #products for the #Metaverse.«

engadget.comMeta is reportedly planning physical stores to showcase its products | EngadgetThe company formerly known as Facebook has been discussing the possibility of opening retail stores to showcase products by its Reality Labs division..

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