Metaverses and the Internet
On LinkedIn I saw this post by Jason Anderson about metaverses and the internet:-
Please stop talking about “metaverses”. There (will be) one single metaverse, not multiple metaverses. The individual spaces within the metaverse don’t yet have an agreed-on descriptor, but it’ll be something like universe, world, space, node, etc.
To understand this, just think about the internet; there is one single internet, and it is made up of multiple sites. There are not multiple internets – LinkedIn is a site on the internet, it is not an internet.
I replied:-
Will this one metaverse (if it ever happens) not just be another site on the internet too?
Until then are all the sites currently claiming to be a metaverse not just another site on the internet too?
Does this actually make the internet the metaverse?
For more of my thoughts on the metaverse see: Metaverse Lawyers
Reactions on Social Media on Metaverses and the Internet
On LinkedIn the following comments have been made:-
Mitch Kowalski (European/Canadian, Head of Legal and Legal Operations Advisor – Works Globally):
Do we need a Metaverse?
Me:
No!
Mitch Kowalski:
but but but it is sooooo cool 😎
Me:
It made me feel sick: https://twitter.com/BrianInkster/status/1530875128438996992?s=20&t=1-nGB8znIU1xSdZCqEoxnw
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Graeme Johnston (Software for mapping work and getting things done):
it’s quite amusing to read Gartner on this, as they skip rather casually between ‘a Metaverse’, ‘the Metaverse’ and just ‘Metaverse.’ All with a capital ‘M’ though.
https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/what-is-a-metaverse
Me:
Gartner are always good for a laugh!
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Nabiha Khwaja (Legal Tech Consultant/Engineer | Lawyer | Writer):
Interesting, Brian!
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