Episode 44 - Metaverse from The Two Vague Podcast

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Episode 44 - Metaverse

1 hour 2 minutes Posted May 1, 2022 at 11:37 pm.

It’s a dry heat, and starting off the show with TWO questions from my Aunt!

“What makes NFTs bad for the environment?”

“What is augmented reality, and how is different from virtual reality?”

Norah starts the metaverse conversation

What does a successful metaverse look like?

Origin of the Snow Crash book title

Was Norah listening? You decide!

E-Bay experiences, Beanie Babies, and Norah says, “on point!”

Auction houses for real art in the metaverse

Embedding chips in humans, DNA, and disengaging from VR

“Kids, don’t bring your guns to amusement parks,” the word meta, and Don Quixote

In Hebrew meta means dead, and Ben says “the dog’s bollocks”

Second Life, and facial expressions, emotes, and “don’t F with me…”

Leveraging data mining in the metaverse, and Ben definitely wants those cat ears

Unwieldy hardware, and is a conflict-free metaverse possible?

Concerns about the development of the metaverse, and the evolution of bullying

Will the development of the metaverse make humanity exponentially worse?

Will the metaverse ever become the “real” world?

The “Benaverse,” game evolution, and will Norah try VR?

Ben’s concerns about crime, and Norah thinks the metaverse will alway be pretend

“AI means artificial intelligence,” be careful, and favorite nephew… question mark?

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The one and only Aunt Norah is in town this week to see her favorite (?) nephew Ben, or perhaps it’s just to record a show about the word metaverse? Who’s to say? They do have differing views on what it is and what it could be; however, it’s a very interesting discussion from a generation X-er and a Baby Boomer just trying to make sense of it all.

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