# Edited 2021-11-17 - 17:05 # [[Epistemic status]] #floating-point-error # Metaverse is bullshit Cross-posted from [[Farnam Street]]. Without hindsight, it was obvious to me that we are heading in that direction. I feel like it’s not a frictionless posture for humans (just look in the street, it’s the new human body): ![[Pasted image 20211117170623.png]] We slowly remove friction with computers. - static computer (text) → Turing etc. - mobile computer (text) → Apple launched iPhone - mobile computer (audio) Apple launched AirPods → ~0-1 years - mobile computer (AR) → ~2-5 years Google/Apple glasses, whatever, it’s not good enough yet. But we can already extend our memory and senses, it’s not commercial yet. Thanks computer vision & co. - mobile computer (Brain Computer Interfaces) → ~5-10 years - cyborg → ~30 years - computer only → ~50 years No sci-fi ever told the truth, human living in 10,000 with organic body, yeah… eating breakfast… thanks, bye. # Metaverse is BS But we’re nowhere near what Zucky announced, VR have been around for years, and it’s still s****. - We still can’t plug ourselves in a machine into a tube and enter The Matrix. - We only have vision and sound feedback from VR, but there are 5 senses? - Facebook portal is inferior to Google IoT stuff. - I’ve never seen a hologram in my life? But I like the idea and ambition. To me, Metaverse can’t really work without brain computer interfaces. # Links - [[The evolution of intelligence]]