Goal practically made sense of the word metaverse, as a digital universe that, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, would serve to interact without being physically present. But at the end of the confinement, seems to have collapsed.
Even with the rise of Artificial Intelligence, many think that Meta has already put aside his plans for the Metaverse.
Someone at the company expressed happiness at the death of the “Metaverse hype.” And it wasn’t just anyone: the head of the department did it, Vishal Shah, during a conference from Brainstorm Tech, from Fortune.
Why is Vishal Shah happy about the death of the “Metaverse hype”?
Everything has its explanation. For Vishal Shah, when the “Metaverse hype” died, that inexplicable and enormous emotion, It is time to “start building”.
“It was not the Metaverse itself that perished, but the publicity that surrounded it”, when several companies were linked only by fever and not by a precise interest in itself. This is also joined by the world of cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
Everything led, after the worst part of the COVID-19 pandemic, million-dollar losses, layoffs and the fall of many technology companies in Silicon Valley.
“I think we were in a hype cycle. Like anything new,” Shah said. “I’m so glad there was both a high and a low last year.”
The executive added that “Of course it’s been hard for us, but now we can get down to work to build something so difficult”.
The next target of the Metaverse: the augmented reality glasses Meta Quest 3
The new augmented reality glasses Meta Quest 3 they are part of the building of the Metaverse. They are expected to arrive in the fall, according to what Mark Zuckerberg, head of Meta, had anticipated.
enough to wait the reaction of people in the market.
“These new experiences,” notes Meta, “go beyond today’s mixed reality by intelligently understanding and responding to objects in your physical space, and allows you to navigate space in a natural and intuitive way, something that was almost impossible before.”