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I don't even understand what it is. Is it something like Second Life? And is that like an old Vernor Vinge story called "True Names" which in turn is like a bunch of old Star Trek episodes and other such things? When I see "metamates"I read it as "metamites" and then as "catamites" and it makes me wonder what is really going on.



Apparently the currently available product is indeed like Second Life (aka VRChat, a game that was released in early 2017 with superior functionality and is still the most actively played VR game) but "The Metaverse" is apparently referring to a group of interconnected products that hasn't been fully released yet.


> I don't even understand what it is

it's bullshit


Gentrified Second Life.


It's the matrix basically. The value is obvious imo just the technology is still at least 10 years too early.




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