AI is the current star of the tech world, but 2 years ago, Zuckerberg and other “big” people were all about the metaverse. If you to this day don’t quite understand what it means, don’t worry: you’re not alone. The term is treated differently by people but mostly means a virtual world where you live as an avatar interacting with other users.
You might be thinking about VRChat or Second Life, and I can’t blame you, but this is the problem exactly: don’t we already have plenty of examples where this mysterious way of life is possible?
At least that’s what The Elder Scrolls Online’s creative director Matt Firor thinks. In an interview with Gamesindustry.biz, he said that the metaverse is nothing new and we should stop pretending it’s an innovation. One of the reasons why it never produced the resonance its creators hoped for is the emptiness of these virtual worlds.
