The Virtual Reality Metaverse: Huge Potential, But Far From Mainstream

 

1. The Metaverse: Facebook's Favourite Technology
- VR is a technology that is hard to demo, but has the potential to be the future of     computing.
- Facebook has invested heavily in the metaverse, and their CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, believes in it wholeheartedly.
- The metaverse may have a bad reputation due to its association with Facebook, but it is an objectively interesting technology with great potential.

2. The Meta Quest Pro: VR Headset That's Lightweight and Portable
-Meta Quest Pro is a 1500 dollar VR headset that is very good in terms of technology.
-The Meta Quest Pro splits the components between the displays and lenses on the front, speakers, and buttons through the middle, and battery at the back to make it lighter.
-Zuckerberg keeps telling me people buy new two thousand dollar machines as their desktop computers all the time; this could be a replacement one day. 
-However, this might not be tempting to you yet because it's still a big and bulky headset.

3. The Future of VR and Metaverse
-VR is the future, and will be more common in 2022.
-Metaverse is a possible outcome of VR's success.
-Good VR games are needed to keep people interested in VR.
-The metaverse will only be achieved with lots of money being poured into it.

4. Metaverse: The Future of Online Interaction
- Metaverse is a concept that seems to be gaining popularity, with many companies focusing on developing technologies for it.
- One potential negative outcome of metaverse development could be if one company has too much control over it.
- It remains to be seen whether or not metaverse will become more mainstream, but Mark's efforts seem likely to help make this happen.