blog post: what is the Metaverse anyway? OMI members chip in

[indiebio]

          > Apologies for submitting this late, but I was most done writing this the first time when I got called away and then I lot the commend restarting my computer. Anyway, a suggested alternate wording to the answer for "OK but what is the Metaverse, anyway?": "Well, to begin with, the term Metaverse is a reference to its use in the novel Snowcrash, where it refers generally to the vision of a shared virtual universe, and basically the Internet in general. This makes it much like the earlier term Cyberspace, though OCI (for Open Cyberspace Interoperability) might sound more like something that should be eye or bone health related. Regardless, it leaves open a wide umbrella of what this vision of a metaverse could entail, and what could be built in service of achieving that vision. Rather than allowing any one platform (like Facebook/Meta) or even a collection of such platforms limit how that vision should be defined and expressed, we prefer to keep things open for people to create what they believe is useful for bringing the information world together. From virtual worlds, to integrating data, to open protocols, to augmented reality tools, if it facilitates interoperability in a open way, it's all potentially of interest here, so don't feel hesitant to discuss it with us, especially if you're doing active development or see any that you'd like to bring to our attention."

this is good! I think rather than expand the current post, let's make this it's own one, perhaps a few of us can chip in with how we define the Metaverse.

Originally posted by @indiebio in #78 (comment)