Metaverse / VR / AR
Advances in Metaverse environments and the tech and tools that enable them.
Collection by Bill Johnston
Pew Research Internet
The Metaverse in 2040
20+ min · · Experts are split about the likely evolution of a truly immersive “metaverse.” They expect that augmented- and mixed-reality enhancements will become more useful in people’s daily lives. Many worry… · Shared by 921, including Richard MacManus, dreig (Dolors Reig), Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Katja Evertz, Bill Johnston, Kirk Borne, Chris Skinner, Harold Sinnott, yeon, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Benedict Evans, Jonathan Kogan, William El Kaim, Matt Navarra, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Chris Gledhill, Ross Dawson
The New York Times
Can Virtual Reality Help Autistic Children Navigate the Real World?
7 min · · One company, Floreo, is hoping their tools will lead the way, despite some criticisms from autism self-advocates. · Shared by 137, including Bill Johnston
Financial Times
Apple looks to its first headset for next breakthrough product
· iPhone maker battles technical challenges ahead of expected launch of augmented reality device · Shared by 9, including Bill Johnston, Murad Ahmed
World Economic Forum
We could be spending an hour a day in the metaverse by 2026. But what will we be doing there?
2 min · · Spending an hour a day in the metaverse - doing things like shopping, studying and working - will be normal for a quarter of people by 2026, Gartner predicts. · Shared by 48, including Amber Mac, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Nicolas Babin, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Glen Gilmore #MWC23, Bill Johnston, Chris Gledhill, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Thomas Power
structure3c.com
[Podcast] What Role Might NFTs Play In Future Communities?
1 min · · Subscribe to the Cohere Podcast: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Podcasts · Shared by 7, including Bill Johnston
World Economic Forum
The future of the metaverse will be shaped by these 3 technologies
6 min · · The metaverse will be shaped by the technology we use to access it, which could include virtual reality, augmented reality, and brain-computer interfaces · Shared by 35, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Bill Johnston, Nicolas Babin, Helen Yu, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech
World Economic Forum
How will the metaverse be monetized?
5 min · · Experts believe the metaverse will signify the next step in our digital evolution, bringing new risks and opportunities alongside new soft- and hardware. Here's how the metaverse will be monetized. · Shared by 6, including Bill Johnston
structure3c.com
[Podcast] Exploring a Betterverse with Bill Johnston & Dr. Lauren Vargas
2 min · · The current Metaverse is a mirage. The pursuit of the Metaverse vision could lead us to a better Internet. · Shared by 6, including Bill Johnston
The New York Times
How Facebook Is Morphing Into Meta
6 min · · Shifting a 68,000-person social networking company toward the theoretical metaverse has caused internal disruption and uncertainty. · Shared by 87, including The Indian Express, Forbes India, Craig Brown, PhD, @spite.vc on bluesky, Mwaniki Gachoki, Matt Navarra, Michael Seemann, Mathew Ingram, Kent Bye (Voices of VR), Tactical Tech, Steven Sinofsky, Bill Johnston
The New York Times
Can We Have a Meaningful Life in a Virtual World?
10 min · · “Am I dipping into the spiritual realm and the infinite game of life? Damn right I am.” · Shared by 55, including Philip Goff, Agnes Callard, David Papineau, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Carissa Véliz, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Zoe Scaman, Cecily Whiteley, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Bill Johnston, justin caouette, Jason Stanley
futuristgerd.com
» The Great Reduction: Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s take on virtual reality, sims and the Metaverse [Gerd Leonhard Futurist Humanist Author…
6 min · · Post summary: The so-called metaverse is the latest and the boldest attempt to replace human relationships and experiences with highly monetizable simulations, reducing complex human life to data… · Shared by 100, including Gerd Leonhard, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Bill Johnston
TIME
6 Lessons on the Future of the Metaverse From the Creator of Second Life
7 min · · There’s plenty that the current builders of the metaverse can learn from Second Life, both for better and worse. · Shared by 165, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Bill Johnston, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Amber Mac, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Katja Evertz, Gerd Leonhard, Oliver Gassner https://mastodon.social/@oliverg
firstmonday.org
View of The Augmented Social Network: Building identity and trust into the next-generation Internet
· Return to Article Details The Augmented Social Network: Building identity and trust into the next-generation Internet · Shared by 7, including Bill Johnston
structure3c.com
[Podcast] The Role of Identity in Creating a Better Internet with Kaliya Young
3 min · · Can open online identity systems help create a more fair and equitable Internet? Kaliya Young things so. · Shared by 7, including Bill Johnston
Ars Technica
Everyone pitching the “metaverse” has a different idea of what it is
10 min · · Will we all live in the metaverse soon? Or is the idea just Second Life redux? · Shared by 198, including James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Jennifer Ouellette, Bill Johnston, Marsha Collier, Thomas Power, John Hagel, Xavier Bertschy