Metaverse Primer
by Matthew Ball
Matthew addresses the core enablers of the Metaverse. What will need to happen, to be unlocked, in order for the Metaverse to become a reality.
- Hardware: basically, we need AR glasses and better VR headsets. This section dramatically underestimates the importance of new input devices.
- Networking: Latency will be a huge challenge. 5G lowers latency, but the experience of latency is also influenced by bandwidth, which is determined partially by the size of the message you're trying to send across the wire.
- Compute: Theorizes about blockchains are a decentralized computation layer. Addresses Cloudflare's strategies and the advent of new GPU chips.
- Virtual Platforms: basically, what will the 3D destinations be?
- Interchange Tools + Standards:
Yet interchange standards and tools — a broadly-defined category that includes various technical solutions, protocols, formats, and services which enable interoperability — are perhaps the most important aspect of this essay. Without them, there will be no Metaverse — only a more virtual and immersive version of today’s mobile internet and app stores. What’s more, this pale imitation will be far less lucrative, dynamic, and healthy.
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