Hello, good old guys
Since the number one player exploded, the topic of holographic games will always erupt once in a while, and recently everyone seems to be interested in the concept of "virtual game world" and "holographic game".
And this is precisely because of the concept of "metacosmity" that Facebook recently proposed.
This is also the biggest news of Facebook in recent times, after all, people have also changed the company name to "meta (meta)", and the proposal of this news has also attracted the attention of all manufacturers around the world;
Many big manufacturers have expressed their intention to enter the meta-universe, such as Ali, Tencent, Microsoft, etc. more or less announced this intention through reports and various press conferences.
Even Luo Yonghao said on Weibo that the concept "coincides."
So that melon-eating masses like Ah Box also began to be curious about this concept, so what is the [meta-universe]?
The metaverse was originally derived from the science fiction novel Avalanche, in the description of the novel, the metacosm is a virtual world parallel to the real world, somewhat similar to the number one player, with virtual equipment to enter the game world.
The most superficial understanding is the holographic game mentioned at the beginning, but the metaverse is not limited to holograms, it actually refers to the construction of a virtual world parallel to the real world through code and data, in this virtual world people will reshuffle social relations, earn money through games, and complete many things that cannot be done by the physical environment through games.
To give a few real-world examples, such as Travis Scott, a popular singer abroad, who held a concert in the game Fortnite, which was watched online by about 12 million people.
Game Robles, players can make games in the game to earn revenue, you can build their own mall, create various playgrounds, or make virtual copy plot levels, in Robles' listing prospectus also mentioned the concept of "meta-universe".
See here, A box has some doubts, if so, I am shopping on the Internet, is this a meta-universe? Am I working with people online and counting as metaverse? Isn't that just surfing the web? What a fuss.
For this problem, A Box came up with a result by surfing the Internet:
Yes or no
Just like saying that Ah Box and Wu Yanzu are both men, both have a nose and two eyes, why is Wu Yanzu a handsome guy Ah Box not?
The problem is that the degree of handsomeness is not enough.
When there are more and more "online virtual activities", more and more fill a person's life, in addition to the most basic physiological needs of people need to be realized through the real world, the rest of the social, leisure and entertainment, shopping, work are realized through the virtual world, this degree to this extent, then this person is equivalent to entering another world, that is, the "metaverse".
Of course, the premise of these assumptions requires hardware such as VR that can perfectly represent the game world.
When these conditions are fulfilled, is the world presented beautiful?
As described by major manufacturers, players can get a shopping, social, entertainment, audiovisual experience that is more convenient and comprehensive than the real world in the virtual world, and it is a game that is large enough to accommodate these elements.
As depicted in holographic game-based novels such as "Online Game Melee Mage" and "Thriller Paradise", isn't it beautiful to have an independent system of "parallel worlds"?
From the perspective that everything has two sides, this meta-cosmic world ah.....
【Good or bad】
This is to say, the so-called "meta-universe" what loopholes and problems, the famous domestic science fiction writer Liu Xinci some time ago did not a speech caused many netizens to discuss?
(But in fact, Liu Xinci did not angrily criticize... ）
Many people say that Liu Angrily criticizes the metacosm and denounces the sinister intentions of the capitalists, but in fact, his original words do not deny the concept of the metacosm, but feel that the realization of this concept cannot come too early.
Liu Cixin said, "The future of mankind is either to go to interstellar civilization or to indulge in the virtual world of VR for many years. It would be a disaster if humanity achieved a highly realistic VR world before moving towards a space civilization. ”
This passage is actually to put it bluntly, that is, the metaverse will make people addicted to the virtual world and hinder the good development of the real world;
As a game editor, A Box feels that the metaverse is indeed a very beautiful concept, which allows players to experience a richer and more gorgeous game world, but what follows is the neglect of the real world;
If the pattern is opened, it seems to be to pursue "entertainment to death" to the end, whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, it is too difficult to distinguish.
In addition to such risks, the implementation of the metaverse itself has many very objective problems, not to mention that the current virtual technology is not perfect enough, the VR concept was fired in the early years, and now it is still tepid limited by cost and technology.
Therefore, to frantically tout the concept of the metaverse when human science and technology has not yet made great progress, but there is a sense of top-heavy.
Compared with the virtual world, Ah Box I am still more curious about the real outer space universe, why can't we step out of the earth first, and then consider the concept of "virtual parallel world".
(How wonderful is space!) ）