The metaverse is happening without Meta’s permissionIn changing the name of its parent company to Meta, Facebook (NASDAQ:) put a stake in the ground: It would be the symbol of the evolution of the internet, the metaverse. Whether we liked it or not.
According to Meta, the metaverse is “a set of digital spaces to socialize, learn, play and more.” Its first true attempt came in the form of Horizon Worlds, a virtual reality universe so lifeless and devoid of content that it has people asking if the metaverse is a step forward or backward.
Alex Herrity is co-founder of Anima, a protocol for ownable, dynamic augmented reality. Prior to Anima, he built products and games used by billions of people with companies like Epic Games, HBO and his former startup Ultravisual, which was acquired by Flipboard.
