Where To?
It’s the year 2030. Mark Zuckerberg looks deeply into your eyes and whispers, “let’s go to the beach”. Whoosh. Just like that, a tranquil seaside haven materialises around you – and we don’t even mean the reasonably-priced holiday park type of haven. You can hear the crashing of the waves, you can see the deep blue of the sea, sea, sea, you can… you can… bollocks, it’s frozen again – “Mum, get off the Wi-Fi! I’m trying to explore the Metaverse!”. Soon, this could be a reality. Well, the first part could – I’m not sure what happened at the end there. This week, Mark Zuckerberg revealed ‘Builder Bot’, a prototype that will let you build your own world in the Metaverse just by describing it. So, if you wanted to experience that lovely beach we were talking about earlier, a voice command would immediately prompt the bot to create a virtual 3D landscape of sand and water around you. Just watch out for any Diagon Alley/diagonally snafus when giving the instruction. This sounds impressive, but the jury is still very much out on the idea. The top comment on the article asked if it would be possible to be transported to a world in which Meta doesn’t exist, and the second said some pretty unkind things about Zuckerburg’s mother. Bit harsh… Oh well, more Costa Del Metaverse for the rest of us.
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