extrovert | introvert | metavert
metavert, n.: a person who is most expressive in the metaverse.
metaverse, n.: the next generation of the internet; oriented around real-time, immersive activity; powered by an exponential rise in creators.
Areas of Interest
Creator Economy
The World Wide Web transformed human communication by digitizing publishing and commerce. The next era will exponentially expand the frontiers of creativity within dematerialized spaces: virtual worlds and virtual societies, along with the low-code tools that make it easy to contribute.
Decentralization
The internet was created as an open ecosystem: the domain name system and the Web are inherently decentralized—yet in recent history, powerful platforms have gained disproportionate power. The next generation will (re)decentralize via open source, interoperability, blockchain, smart contracts and self-sovereignty.
Real-Time Technology
The metaverse is real-time: games and social experiences that are responsive and immersive, supported by spatial computing technologies such as 3D rendering, ray tracing and virtual reality; artificial intelligence, deep learning and virtual beings; new, more ergonomic human interfaces; and the edge computing infrastructure and high-speed networking to support it.
Games
Games have always been a key driver of new computer technology. The GameTech stack—3D rendering, virtual worlds and live services—will power the metaverse, just as trends like multiplayer worlds, esports, play-to-earn/create-to-earn and modding will define the next decades of culture.
Ubiquitous Computing
The metaverse is not a place we’ll simply visit—it will surround us as we embed computing into all aspects of the physical world. We will create new means of accessing it such as augmented reality, smart glasses and brain-computer interfaces; and we will feed information into the metaverse via billions of people and trillions of interconnected devices, sensors and programs.
Machine Intelligence
We are at the dawn of human-machine collaboration. The metaverse will be be populated by virtual beings who will assist us, support our creativity and even befriend us. A range of new artificial intelligence algorithms will enable us to curate and optimize our experience. Computers will learn to relate to us on our terms—through voice, gesture and even our minds—rather than through code.
“Many people think of the metaverse as 3D space that will surround us. But the metaverse is not 3D or 2D, or even necessarily graphical; it is about the inexorable dematerialization of physical space, distance, and objects.”
— Jon Radoff, The Metaverse Value Chain
Read More
The Building the Metaverse blog is where you can learn more about what to make of the coming decade of the internet. A few good starting points:
The Metaverse Market Map — showing the organization of the industry, including 200+ companies across 7 layers.
9 Megatrends Shaping the Metaverse — covering some of the huge social and technological shifts that are driving change.
The Metaverse Value-Chain — categorizing the metaverse industry into 7 layers: experiences, discovery, creator economy, spatial computing, decentralization, human interface, and infrastructure.