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VR Report Card: The Metaverse, 2014-2024
From the moment I unboxed my Oculus DK2 in 2014, and for many many years after, I dedicated an immense amount of time and energy into building what — at the time — I considered the glorious future of our species: the Metaverse. Around 2108, I got very disillusioned with the concept, and adopted an…
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Metaverse Dystopia 2024 : The Wreckage of RecRoom VR
It had been a few years since I’d done a deep dive into the Metaverse… what we used to call VR, or more specifically, social VR. I had left the industry in 2018 with a great deal of disillusionment, having invested roughly 4 years of my life into developing leading edge apps for the then-available…