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Aefyns t1_j3vp9jk wrote

Reply to comment by Orkekum in We surveyed 1k people on the Metaverse and discovered that almost nobody (1.5%) cares about Meta's Horizon World by matthevva

They consider Minecraft and fortnight part of the Metaverse.

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happyplace28 t1_j3w9koh wrote

It’s really interesting, I’ve done research on that. “Metaverses” used to be known as basically online multiplayer. So MMORPG’s, online chat rooms, etc. basically anything that enabled online communication between large groups of people. it’s only recently that companies like Facebook have tried to define it in this weird new way.

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Aefyns t1_j3wgis1 wrote

Science fiction did that well before Facebook.

Few people think of Fortnite as a Metaverse.

Most think of a Metaverse as a place you can do many things in an immersive environment.

Random games don't come to mind as universal immersive worlds.

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happyplace28 t1_j3wh14j wrote

I don’t profess to know much about the modern definition. I’m just pointing out how it was referred to in the late 90s, early 2000s.

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MrGofer t1_j3vxgtu wrote

Axie Infinity too for some reason. For those who don't know, tl;dr pokemon breeding and fighting simulator but much worse and with NFTs. No idea how The Metaverse™ label applies to it.

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