It appears Meta’s Horizon Worlds may literally and figuratively not have legs after all.

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    3 days ago

    VR is virtual reality. A mode of interacting with 3D space using a head mounted display.

    The metaverse is just social VR where you experience a shared 3D space with others in VR headsets. Don’t let Mark fool you into thinking only they make social VR spaces/the metaverse. That’s what he wants. He didn’t invent the term. He just claimed it as his own. And in my opinion, pissed all over it too.

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        3 days ago

        You don’t use VR headsets in SecondLife. It’s a lame flat screen third person thing where you play with dolls.

        SocialVR is about embodiment too. Being your avatar. Eye contact. Presence. Third person control of a character model is not the same thing.

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          No, You don’t. It is possible, and people do. VR ≠ The Metaverse. VR is used in all sorts of things that have nothing to do with The Metaverse

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            3 days ago

            I’m not saying all VR is the metaverse. I’m saying SocialVR and the metaverse are the same.

            And does the official client for SecondLife support VR now? I thought they abandoned attempts at that.