We've been watching "Peripheral" on Amazon Prime this week. I think the tech they discuss as 2030 tech is spot on, right around the corner. Great show, surprised me with how solid it was, and it talks about this stuff quite a bit.
I didn't get how Meta's tech described here is an improvement on a regular zoom call. I grew weary of the breathless hype and didn't watch the entire video though. Should I have?
I don’t think it’s here to replace Zoom calls, necessarily. But there are moments were we might want to have more intimate conversations. Emersive technology will likely offer that in the future.
I noted the same comment from Zuck's interview about the blending of the real and digital worlds. In my experience, we are already there. Mobile made our experience an atomic-digital hybrid. AR will extend that to something more seamless. VR actually immerses us in digital and the expense of physical, so I still expect that to be a minor use case in comparison.
Another point worth noting is the interview with Lex, is precisely the strategy that was behind Facebook's acquisition of Oculus. People know VR for games, but Zuck said at the time Facebook is a social connectivity layer. VR will enable a new type of social connection. Be with people digitally in a more immersive context when you cannot be there physically.
A good vision is flexible. Zuckerberg might have used those words, but I don’t think in his mind he was envisioning what he is seeing now. Initially the metaverse was presented as this magical fantasyland where everything possible.
I agree with you that extended reality will ‘win’ it from VR exactly for the reason that you point out. Full emersion is not something we’ll want for most of the time.
Next, the sensory component. Then, no need to even venture out of the door. But only for those that can afford the tech. Potential big hit for (amongst other things) prestige air travel.
Does big tech envisage a time when we all retreat from the world into rubber sensory suits and live windowless monoliths? Ahh... But not if you are poor, you will still have to battle climate armageddon...
We've been watching "Peripheral" on Amazon Prime this week. I think the tech they discuss as 2030 tech is spot on, right around the corner. Great show, surprised me with how solid it was, and it talks about this stuff quite a bit.
Thanks for the recommendation, Andrew! I will definitely check that out.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't think so. Let me know!
I didn't get how Meta's tech described here is an improvement on a regular zoom call. I grew weary of the breathless hype and didn't watch the entire video though. Should I have?
I don’t think it’s here to replace Zoom calls, necessarily. But there are moments were we might want to have more intimate conversations. Emersive technology will likely offer that in the future.
I noted the same comment from Zuck's interview about the blending of the real and digital worlds. In my experience, we are already there. Mobile made our experience an atomic-digital hybrid. AR will extend that to something more seamless. VR actually immerses us in digital and the expense of physical, so I still expect that to be a minor use case in comparison.
Another point worth noting is the interview with Lex, is precisely the strategy that was behind Facebook's acquisition of Oculus. People know VR for games, but Zuck said at the time Facebook is a social connectivity layer. VR will enable a new type of social connection. Be with people digitally in a more immersive context when you cannot be there physically.
A good vision is flexible. Zuckerberg might have used those words, but I don’t think in his mind he was envisioning what he is seeing now. Initially the metaverse was presented as this magical fantasyland where everything possible.
I agree with you that extended reality will ‘win’ it from VR exactly for the reason that you point out. Full emersion is not something we’ll want for most of the time.
Next, the sensory component. Then, no need to even venture out of the door. But only for those that can afford the tech. Potential big hit for (amongst other things) prestige air travel.
Does big tech envisage a time when we all retreat from the world into rubber sensory suits and live windowless monoliths? Ahh... But not if you are poor, you will still have to battle climate armageddon...