I find it interesting that what’s happening with the Metaverse hype in the media is essentially a repeat of the hype ~2008 for Second Life.

So many companies pumped money into Second Life, and it had a tremendous amount of press for something that ultimately most people were not that interested in. Concerts, major brands, and real estate in Second Life was written about constantly.

The idea of a massively popular ‘Metaverse’ in the sense of a Ready Player One style mashup of pop culture and entertainment, movies, music, live events, concerts, etc. where people can meet and play together already exists. It’s called Fortnite.

There’s not a lot of work happening there yet, but Zoom seems to be handling that aspect of virtual life until people just really want to experience 3D floating torso ping pong in their budget meetings.