In recent times, a series of giants in technology such as Meta (formerly Facebook), Microsoft or Sony are boiling in the production of virtual reality devices to dominate the field of “metaverse” – The term refers to the virtual world or the digital universe that is being considered as a future technology trend.
Not only technology giants, even big fashion brands like Nike, Adidas, Gucci, New Balance or leading retailers like Walmart are also directly entering the virtual universe.
Worth mentioning, the metaverse craze also received some mixed opinions from names in the gaming industry. One of them is Gabe Newell, the president of Valve.
“There are a lot of get-rich-quick schemes around the metaverse,” the Steam mogul said when asked if the metaverse trend is helping to propel technology forward, amid a series of projects. metaverse projects are appearing ‘like mushrooms growing after rain’.
“Most of the people who are talking about the metaverse have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about. And they never seem to have played an MMO. They’re like, ‘Oh, you’re going to have an avatar with a picture of it. this customizable”,
According to Gabe Newell, the features that many metaverse projects are trying to ‘promote’ actually appeared a decade ago, instead of ‘something cool just invented’.
“It’s clear that the gaming industry has been exploring these technologies for a long time. It would be interesting if anyone who came later would come up with a lot of new features, instead of setting the goal of attracting a bunch of them. people give them a bunch of money for magical reasons. But you know, in the end, it’s the customers and the useful technologies that win out, so I’m not too worried about that.”
1 month ago, Ken Kutaragi, a former Sony executive who is often referred to as the “Father of PlayStation” by the gaming community, doesn’t appreciate the potential of the metaverse.
“Being in the real world is very important. But the metaverse is all about trying to make the virtual world as real as possible. I can’t understand the meaning of this,” Ken said. Kutaragi in an interview with Bloomberg.
“Would you rather be a polished avatar instead of your real self? That’s basically the same thing as joining forums that allow anonymous discussion.”
Refer to PC Gamer