?? METAVERSE Myth or Reality?

?? METAVERSE is MIXED REALITY

??? I don't buy into the Metaverse hype, and for now I am highly skeptical. Here's why.

??? Just as there is "nothing new under the Sun," there is nothing "new" about the Metaverse. It is just that the technology is evolving.

?? TECH EXTENSIONS

??? Every technology is an extension of human abilities. In turn, it mirrors back on us and modifies our own behavior and sense of the world.

??? For example, the telephone is an extension of our ears and our voice, both of which are sensual extensions of our brain-mind-consciousness.

??? In that sense, the telephone system created a Metaverse of easy communication, extending our voice locally and globally, and connecting our brain-mind with others.

?? ANCIENT METAVERSE

??? The Metaverse is way older than the phone, dating back to the very first human extensions of communication, such as cave carvings, drawing, writing, printing press, magazines, books, radio, TV, computers, Internet, and now social media.

??? The Coliseum in Rome was a Metaverse immersive experience, as are the Super Bowl or Olympic Games.

??? Perhaps the best comparison is taking a boat trip through "It's a Small World" at Disneyworld or going with the Beatles on their "Magical Mystery Tour."

?? MULTIPLE METAVERSE WORLDS

??? In life, we thus participate in multiple immersive metaverse worlds in various ways. Again, there is nothing new about this. It is just that the technologies that facilitate it are changing rapidly to another level. It is just a new buzzword.

??? The Internet is a virtual world of printed pages and images brought to our screens. But it will evolve rapidly into immersive 3D worlds. Some now call this Internet 3, another new buzzword.

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?? META-MEDIA CONVERGENCE

??? Technically, the Metaverse will converge the Internet and social media, using AI, VR, AR, and MR.

??? It will be a real-time collage of virtual spaces where we can be alone or interact others, as well as play, shop, learn, and work -- in a Mixed Reality (MR) series of the cosmological Multiverse.

??? The Multiverse will be an integrated and overlapping selection of Metaverses, where we pick-and-choose which one to use, just as we now pick-and-choose websites or social media platforms. In other words, it is just a cosmological convergence of cyberspace.

??? As such, the Metaverse already exists, as it has existed for thousands of years, and is simply evolving with the latest technology.

??? The biggest change will come as Quantum Computing and Advanced Intelligence evolve, and converge along with BioGenetic evolution, to create a new concept of humanity and civilization, which I call a BioDigiTransHuman Species.

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?? METAVERSE ASSETS

??? By the way, it is said that in the Metaverse you can "own" property. This is a myth. In reality, this is only virtual property.

??? It is no different than "buying" a hotel in the Monopoly board game using fake paper money. They collect rent during the game. But then you toss them all back in the box when the game is over.

??? Owning virtual real estate in the Metaverse also may facilitate the virtual sale of virtual products, but will they convert into real sales, delivered to the doorstep? Or is it all a mythical con game? And who is the monopolist?

??? Likewise, any company "buying" space in the Metaverse is essentially buying a 3D advertising billboard -- which they could do on the street, as they are doing in China, with far greater effect.

??? The same applies to any other supposed Metaverse asset or so-called "currency" or NFT "token".

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?? MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE

??? In sum, the "multi-media metaverse is the message," as my guru Marshall McLuhan would have said.

??? It is indeed immersive, but slightly different than previous versions.

??? I believe we will see multiple Metaverses, as a cosmological ecology of Mixed Reality immersive entities.

??? And most of them, quite frankly, will be addictive cults.

??? Of course, time will tell. But those are my current thoughts.

??? What do you think about it all?

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