How is the Metaverse so popular? Major well-known companies began to enter the Metaverse

Take a look at what Zuckerberg imagines the metaverse. It's called horizon, and it's a virtual world. You just need to put on that VR glasses, and you can socialize with your friends in this new world. Party, buying a house, buying a car, holding a concert, etc., your image is your Avatar, your home, your office environment, your body, and clothes can be customized, designed and sold. Kerberg's words are that this immersive interaction can completely change your life, and he may be right, he thought very well, and the video was done beautifully at the time.

But the problem is that the reality is not like this. The big problem here is that I don’t know if you have worn the glasses. The VR glasses they made called Quest2 are indeed much better than the previous two years. , but it is too far from what you see in the video. Its comfort and portability need to be improved, and its refresh rate and resolution are most important because you will feel dizzy after wearing it. My eyes are also sore. It is impossible to wear this thing for a long time at least now, so if the problem of this device can really be solved, and you really have the VR experience in the video after wearing it, then the Metaverse may be far away from us. It’s really not far away, then why do you think Facebook, such a big giant, chose Allin at such an early stage of the technology of the product, and even said that it would invest 10 billion US dollars to develop the product of the Metaverse. What is behind it? What business logic, right?

In fact, there are both opportunities and frustrations here. First of all, for opportunities, since the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, everyone has been staying at home, and there will be a long-term need for social interaction in the online or virtual world. This environment is simply too much It fits the concept of the metaverse, and on the other hand, although the technology of our current metaverse is still far from the vision of the metaverse that we just described, it is a bit like, for example, if you have to run a total of 100 meters to reach that end point, then Now these companies may have run 10 meters, but just over 10 meters, Facebook is leading here, because it is not only a device with VR, Oculus is already considered the head in consumer products , and it has a huge community of users, as well as its own virtual currency Libra, but there are still 90 meters left, and it is still far away. If you run two more steps, it is impossible to say who is ahead, so for For Facebook, it has the advantage of capital. At this time, it is better to preempt it. I will announce that I will do such a thing to occupy the high ground of public opinion. Whether it is investment or stock, there will be positive incentives.

Since 2018, Facebook has been tied to all kinds of negative news, bombarded by public opinion, such as leaking user privacy, indulging in conspiracy political activities, lack of censorship of fake news, and lack of protection for minors, etc. , In addition, the product of Facebook itself has actually reached a late stage of maturity, and users have nothing new to it, which makes the name of Facebook feel very bad, so Facebook is imminent, and we say that Facebook is renamed, not that social network The platform Facebook is going to change its name, but its parent company is going to change its name to Meta. In addition to Facebook, Meta also has Instagram, Whats App, Oculus, etc. These reputations are actually quite good, so it is like a reputational isolation from the Facebook platform. , We draw a clear line, like in one or five years, the parent company of Google also changed its name to Alphabet, of course, he has many anti-monopoly considerations.

So in conclusion, Facebook's parent company changed its name to Meta, which is a bit mixed with opportunities and frustration. After the renaming of Facebook, his social image and stock price have fluctuated upwards. Judging from the current public opinion in the overall market, the concept of MetaVerse is completely popular, but Facebook's market confidence index seems to be even worse. Facebook is helpless, and the remaining giants can only follow suit. Why? Woolen cloth?

Let's take Microsoft as an example. Microsoft is actually a leader in the concept of the metaverse, or a leader in this field, but they may not know what they are doing before. It is called the metaverse. Microsoft has an AR The device called Hololens2, AR is not exactly the same as VR, it means that there is a transparent display in front of you, you can see the AR things on this screen and the outside world, so it is actually quite handsome of.

As far as this glasses technology is concerned, Microsoft is actually more advanced, but it is not for the C-side, so most consumers don't actually know it, and Microsoft also has a product called Minecraft, which is somewhat similar to Roblox's. That kind of sandbox game, and now they are also vigorously developing their own hybrid collaboration platform, called Mash, which means you can wear the immersive glasses for collaborative work. In fact, Microsoft has been doing this for a long time. Facebook announced that I want to Make a MetaVerse metaverse, Microsoft looked at it, I thought you were going to make something new, I also have this thing, for Microsoft, I can’t let Zuckerberg occupy the high ground of public opinion alone, I have to follow superior. So four days later, I hurried out to hand in my homework, saying that we also have this thing, like other giant Apple, didn’t they always say that they were working on their own virtual reality glasses before? This is good, and then I have to be rushed to increase investment, increase R&D efforts, and Bytes and Tencent, which were originally quietly deployed, jumped out and said, we have also engaged in the Metaverse, and started various mergers and acquisitions .

The Metaverse has grown from a concept that everyone thought was too far away and no one cared about it. Under the helpless promotion of Facebook, the giants who were also slowly exploring and exploring were forced to increase their investment and poured into this industry. Giants have begun to pour into this industry, which will definitely lead to the accelerated development of this industry, and at the same time, there will be an influx of capital, and the influx of capital and money will mean that talents, resources, and various things will be fast in the future. The integration of the industry, all aspects are brought together, the industry develops faster, and the valuation of the industry is higher, then there will be further influx of capital, speculation of concepts, investors, and speculators will frantically flood Come in, such a new outlet will be created, and the industry of the metaverse will be reconstructed. Although the current industry and the metaverse we imagine in the future are indeed still relatively far away, the entire commercial operation and the entire set of reconstructions just mentioned will indeed accelerate the development of this industry.

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