The metaverse is already here, it's called the internet
I think what is sorely missing from the entire debate, is a clear definition of what a metaverse actually is.<p>This article here seems to believe that the metaverse is nothing but &quot;internet VR&quot;. The talk by Carmack for the most part equates the metaverse with MMVR - massively multiuser virtual reality.<p>But according to the explanation that Raph Koster (the mind behing metaplace - the only prior attempt at ever building a metaverse) recently posted at the Playable Worlds homepage, what Facebook is trying to do, is building a mirror world - which is just one world out of many in a multiverse, which in itself is just one small part of the metaverse...<p>All that enthusiastic talk about &quot;it&#x27;s the future!&quot; isn&#x27;t helping either - if anything that muddies the waters even more.<p>Right now, we are on the best track of turning &quot;metaverse&quot; into a completely meaningless marketing buzzword. Everyone uses the term, behaving as if it was totally clear and obvious what it meant - but nobody seems to be able to actually produce a clear and to the point explanation or definition.<p>What actually is the metaverse?