How will the concept of metaverse settle in our lives?
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If we had talked to someone about the concept of social media a few years ago, would it have enlivened its current state? Unlikely to imagine…
Now, there is hardly any person or company that does not exist on social media. Because social media has given us the opportunity to do things that we cannot do in real life. We can benefit from the experiences of people we would not normally meet in our lives simply by watching their videos. We can create the most up-to-date scenarios to showcase our talents and business over the digital series of pages, faces and words where we can advertise virtually for free.
Social media has opened many doors, new levels of social and business engagement with large groups of people and communities. We got to know novel ways of engagement over the digital scapes.. Now, much like the social media revolution, a new concept is emerging in our lives. The Metaverse. Different from the evolution of social and digital media, Metaverse incorporates innovation in several bodies of technologies like VR, AR, 3D, blockchain, NFT. Simply defined, the Metaverse could be the next version of social networking over a network of dynamic, engaging and social 3D environments.
In this day and age of “content”, a diverse range of people from youth to adults worldwide, spend over 2 hours daily online, on social media. Even the youngest of children catch up with their favorite series online and even create & publish their own content.Multiplayer games with fascinating graphic qualities, some with 3D environments have become one of the things that has brought values of joy, competition, socialization and even monetization for many of us from around the world.And when we came to discovere VR glasses, engaging AR experiences, that introduced us to the immersive quality that can be gained from digital environments. Even the very first 3d glasses, made of paper all of a sudden teleported us to a new dimension, didn’t that feel amazing? Now it’s looking like screens and digital media that we navigate over a 2 dimensional frame is not enough.
Moving from Digital into Virtual: Time of the Meta
Now it’s time to bring our experience in these virtual worlds to our level of perception. Imagine shopping online in a 3D store experience, not in a plain white web window, where our physical world and more exist in 3D virtual universes. improvement in educational opportunities, students taking classes with their avatars in virtual classrooms instead of video screens where you are lined up side by side with cameras, most of them turned off. Especially when it comes to the emerging generation, Gen Z and Alpha, their needs of engagement and interaction have already evolved. They are in VRchat daily, creating their own avatars, communities and even families. They are in Roblox, creating their homes, experiences and events. Roblox, which has reportedly over 40 million daily active users where %67 of them, aged 16 or under. With enthusiasts, always comes skeptics, especially when it comes to new and disruptive developments. There are those who are anxious that it will detach us from the qualities of the physical world. This belief is also boosted by dystopian sci-fi literature. But enthusiasts rather see another vision, that has new layers of realities that do merge into physical life. Instead of replacing, improving its qualities, like basically the experience gathering of a group of people who cannot actually come together physically.
There was radio, TV, internet, smartphones then social media… Not only do they are the revolutionary touchstones of how technology evolved but also communication of humankind and just like those the concept of the metaverse will take its course to have a place in our lives, our work, our interactions. In the light of developments involving the metaverse ecosystem, it looks like we are moving towards quite an interesting future that we could have never dreamed of and even maybe, one that we actually imagine to be..
Atlas Space is among those companies moving on the path of designing an inspiring and engaging Metaverse.. Excited to be a part of the Metaverse ecosystem, Atlas Space provides companies, brands, enterprises the opportunity to own and create experiences in their own islands and participate in the virtual economy. A metaverse designed by architects & designers. To be a part of the story of metaverse experiences and the most recent developments, follow Atlas Space on social media, join the conversation and be a part of the community.
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