The author concludes that the metaverse is "the next major computing platform" and is "expected to have a strong connection with the real-world economy – and eventually become an extension of it". Virtual reality, extended reality and immersive reality will warp human ability to comprehend actual reality.
With the metaverse at your fingertips, you can literally own nothing and be happy in your fantasy world, perhaps enhanced with a little 'magic mushroom' hallucinogenic for extra thrills and connections. Will your reality be where you exist in the physical universe or in the metaverse?
Mark Zuckerberg hasn't lost his mind, but he wants you to lose yours... to the metaverse. He is investing billions of dollars to make sure that his rebranded company, Meta, will be the industry leader in the same way that IBM dominated the computer industry for many decades.
