Mark Zuckerberg says humanity will move in the opposite direction in the future, leaving reality behind to a world of our own making, which we completely control..
He was the founder of Facebook, who bet everything on the idea of an inclusive virtual world, including renaming his company MetaTalking to podcaster Lex Friedman, on a range of topics, including the future of metaverse.
There will be a point where virtual worlds are so immersive and relaxing, we won’t want to leave, and that’s the point where it becomes metaverse.
He explained that these virtual reality environments are not at this level yet, but many people already live most of their lives in the digital world – only on 2D screens..
Zuckerberg said: “A lot of people think the real meaning is about place, but one definition is that it’s about time that immersive digital worlds become essentially the primary way we live our lives and spend our time.“.
and planning Meta To spend the next five to ten years building an immersive virtual world, including smell, touch and sound to allow people to get lost in virtual reality.
And in a new update of future plans, the founder revealed an artificial intelligence system that can be used to create completely custom worlds of your own design, working on high-resolution avatars and spatial audio to facilitate communication.
And in the version of metaverse Currently available from Metahumans are represented by avatars without legs, but Zuckerberg says future versions will be more realistic.
But his recent comments to Friedman indicate that while they are building metaverseWhat people use today is simply a complex virtual world.
Recent discussions about the concept of metaverse To that it is actually a “point in time” and not a hypothetical place.
The point comes when we spend more time in the virtual world than in the real world, which is when we wake up, put on a headset..
Zuckerberg seems to agree with this concept, indicating that billions are being spent on building… metaverse Through virtual worlds that will not be fully realized until the pressure increases to a point where the meetings are in virtual reality, rather than Zoom or personally.
In the interview, he said, many people already live their lives in the virtual world – but through laptops and phones, not through virtual reality..
In the future, he said, for people to begin carrying out daily activities in virtual reality, they must feel fully present, and keep up with the illusion of immersion. And in the real world, you have a sense of heat, smell, and touch. We are working on touch gloves. All of these things will be necessary to maintain the illusion that you are fully present in the world.
Zuckerberg suggested that within the next five years, all the things we achieve from meeting in person, or even via video calls, can be replicated in virtual reality..
He explained that all these steps and improvements in interaction are required to get to the “point” where it becomes metaverse.