Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s CEO of games, criticized Meta’s vision for the Metaverse. When asked about the definition of Metaverse at the WSJ Tech Live conference, Spencer described Metaverse as “a poorly constructed video game,” as you can see at 1:12 of the video here. Well, do you think Spencer might be right in this view?
Metaverse is a virtual platform where you can not only socialize with your friends, but also organize meetings with your colleagues. At least that’s how this new platform works right now. However, it seems Spencer doesn’t quite agree with this definition of Metaverse. “Video game creators have an incredible ability to build engaging worlds that we want to spend time in,” Spencer said at the conference, sneering. somehow he continues.
On the other hand, Spencer wasn’t the only one who opposed the idea of Metaverse during WSJ Tech Live interviews. While Snap CEO Evan Spiegel defined Metaverse as “living inside a computer”, he continued, “When I get home from work after a long day, the last thing I want to do is live inside a computer.”
Also, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Greg Joswiak said Metaverse was “a word I would never use”, while Disney CEO Bob Chapek said the company tended not to use the word Metaverse.
Meta has not made a very convincing explanation about the VR world so far and has not been able to come up with an interesting enough result. It is also known that even Meta’s own employees hardly ever use Horizon Worlds.
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