Yeah that's totally what I expect, which is why I'm confused why the person I replied to seems to believe there'll be a single one.
I know that the Web 3.0 Cryptocurrency crowd have ideas on the idea of a decentralized web with a shared ontological understanding, so maybe that's the source of the idea of there being a single metaverse?
But neither Epic nor Meta seem interested in a shared ecosystem. The metaverse is a product and their implementations will compete. I'm not sure if people would even want to be in two separate metaverses so competition will be fierce.
Most media (books/movie) sidestep that by usually having a single metaverse creator. That's in large part because it's narratively easier to deal with a single villain and universe. I don't know of any that posit having competing offerings.
Agreed. You can have Facebook and Twitter open in two browser tabs and switch between them, but will Facebook and Epic even support the same headset? How much hassle would it be to log out of one and log in to the other? I think they literally want to monopolize your face.
I know that the Web 3.0 Cryptocurrency crowd have ideas on the idea of a decentralized web with a shared ontological understanding, so maybe that's the source of the idea of there being a single metaverse?
But neither Epic nor Meta seem interested in a shared ecosystem. The metaverse is a product and their implementations will compete. I'm not sure if people would even want to be in two separate metaverses so competition will be fierce.
Most media (books/movie) sidestep that by usually having a single metaverse creator. That's in large part because it's narratively easier to deal with a single villain and universe. I don't know of any that posit having competing offerings.