Metaverse is web3. Metaverse is also VR. Its not a strawman if there's a big, well known example that markets itself as an example of the thing being criticised.
What isn't web3 is the absence of a counterexample.
"Web3" didn't start to refer to anything VR or metaverse-related until very recently. For years, it's been the vague promise of a decentralized system, enabled by handwavey blockchain technobabble.
But now, with Meta's metaverse being hyped to high heaven, but also proving to be pretty much a nothingburger, suddenly web3 means metaverse, too? I smell shenanigans.
But now, with Meta's metaverse being hyped to high heaven, but also proving to be pretty much a nothingburger, suddenly web3 means metaverse, too? I smell shenanigans.