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by Choc13 1793 days ago
>>> "“I think [it] is probably going to resemble some kind of a hybrid between the social platforms that we see today, but an environment where you’re embodied in it”, Mr Zuckerberg also said. One of the benefits of this ecosystem would be that, “if you go back 20 or 30 years, a lot of people’s individual opportunities and experience was dictated by their physical proximity”, and that easy movement through a virtual space could avoid such barriers."

He seems to be saying they're getting (more) into the Black Mirror game.

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Oh, good, the real problem with social media has always been relegated to electronic devices. What we really need is enragement metrics for meatspace
And by Black Mirror game I assume you mean creating a dystopian hellscape and not some interactive TV thing.
Correct. This episode in particular https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Million_Merits
Oh and "The metaverse does not have a specific definition"