The Metaverse Episode

The metaverse! What is it? How does it work? How do we start living a world like Ready Player One? Why should we be so excited (or terrified) about this? There's lots to unpack as we look at the evolution of this metaverse - most importantly, how this affects games. We're going to talk about all of that and more on this episode of Joystick & Mouse.

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Show Links

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been making news lately by talking about the “metaverse.” Zuckerberg says it’s the future of Facebook — and the internet. So what is the metaverse?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QfprVOtEUg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1OmJAA-7KM
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3637952/will-zuckerbergs-metaverse-change-everything.html

This idea of a metaverse screams potential for gaming and creating a single place where gamers can collaborate and play. So what are the plans for it in the context of gaming?
https://hackernoon.com/gaming-101-what-is-the-metaverse

There are A TON of players involved with developing the metaverse. There is a push for this to be an open platform, but with this many players, can it actually be truly "open"?

https://www.cbinsights.com/research/metaverse-market-map/
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/facebook-whistleblower-shocked-companys-investment-metaverse-rcna3725

How does this all make sense economically? NFT's and play to earn games are a big focus for how it's possible. Let's talk about what they'll do for the metaverse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6ClJxjuRvw
https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-metaverse-play-to-earn-and-the-new-economic-model-of-gaming

Full Stream Ahead
VR headsets these days are powerful. But they're not powerful enough to bring the next generation of the internet to life. Turns out, cloud computing might be the answer.

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gaming/streaming-vr-and-ar-content-google-cloud-nvidia-cloudxr