From new energy to meta-universe, the speed at which many companies enter the "virtual" world is accelerating. While this may be one of the trends of the future, I don't think it's necessarily a good thing, because when the scene depicted in the movie is reproduced, some of the upward passages may actually be blocked.
Some time ago, Facebook changed its name to Meta, driven by social giants, metaverse in the panorama into the acceleration period, the fastest response is some listed companies, but where a little bit of meta-universe concept of stock prices have risen to varying degrees, that is, in the specific operation, its technology has not yet made substantial progress.
For the arrival of the meta-cosmic outlet, I think it is just a relay behavior of capital, and we are still far from the real meta-universe era.
So, what conditions are needed to truly solve the underlying foundation of the metaverse? Can the future metaverse really become a mainstream trend around the world?
In my opinion, if we want to solve the problem of the metaverse, the first thing to solve is the problem of hardware and content.
Judging from the current situation, no company in the world can effectively solve the hardware problem of the product, just as many new energy vehicle companies have not solved the problem of automatic driving and battery technology. First of all, if the hardware equipment is not done well, it is difficult to promote the further development of the industry.
Before the second half of 2021, most of the world's companies are in a "cold" state for AR/VR, until Zuckerberg himself came down, and it coincided with the new energy into a stage of de-virtual to real, so capital began to create an outlet for the meta-universe on a global scale.
In fact, as of the end of 2020, the world's largest VR company is HTC, which occupies almost one-third of the global market, but as a player in a niche field, THC has not solved the problem of profitability, and its helmsman Wang Xuehong has also been investing heavily in the content field in recent years.
Second, content is also a core of the metaverse concept. At present, many companies do not actually have the ability to develop content, and at the same time, they may not have the strength of funds, and even many companies have not been able to understand what the metaverse is, and they have hastily declared that they want to enter the metacosm, which is a typical outlet doctrine.
If you are more careful, you will find that since 2010, global capital has entered a high-speed active period, and many unicorn companies have begun to emerge, and enterprises no longer go through the most basic original capital accumulation process, but round after round of rapid financing has spawned a "behemoth".
However, it is clear that the drawbacks of this model are also equally obvious, from the initial sharing to new energy, and then to today's meta-universe, although these outlets have promoted the development of the industry, but after the capital wind has swept through the clouds, there are not a few cases of chicken feathers in one place, which is essentially a waste of resources and a waste of capital.
For overheated new energy, Cao Dewang, the glass king, once said: "Many people look at new energy vehicles as a good investment opportunity or outlet, so many companies rush to invest in new energy batteries and cars." But I think that new energy vehicles still need to use electricity, not water, the so-called new energy vehicles are essentially electric vehicles, some companies call it new energy vehicles is nothing more than want to take subsidies, but enterprises rely on subsidies is not long-lasting. The new energy automobile industry may have accumulated a certain bubble, and may end up wasting a lot of money and overcapacity. ”
Taken together, the current metaverse situation is basically similar. Recently, there is news that Meta has stopped developing VR and AR operating systems. It is reported that the operating system project has been underway for several years and involves hundreds of employees. Some analysts believe that the project was shelved, marking a setback to Meta's efforts to take control of its Oculus VR headset, as well as the underlying software of future augmented or mixed reality (MR) devices. Therefore, when the global leader has suffered setbacks, the current situation of other participants in the metaverse is certainly not optimistic.