Building the Metaverse: Revolutionizing Experiences, Gaming, and Commerce

Immersive Technology and Experiences

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  The next platform and medium will be even more immersive, where we are in the experience, not just looking at it, creating entirely new categories that go beyond our current understanding of computers and phones.
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  The metaverse will allow for a sense of presence and communication that current technology cannot deliver, enabling people to truly feel like they are interacting with others in a virtual space.
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  The metaverse will enable richer experiences by adding new layers to the world that we can interact with, allowing creators and artists to connect with their audiences in new ways and bring them into shared experiences.
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  The Metaverse will enable people to do things that aren't even possible in gaming today.
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  Beat Saber has generated over $100 million in lifetime revenue on Quest alone, showcasing the success of a game that continuously releases fresh content and evolves the player experience.
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  The metaverse allows you to teleport not only to any place but also to any time, experiencing ancient Rome and witnessing the construction of historical landmarks like the Forum.
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  In the metaverse, learning will be transformed through immersive experiences, such as exploring the Great Barrier Reef or practicing surgery techniques in virtual reality.
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  Developers will soon be able to create mixed reality experiences that blend virtual and physical objects in the same space, allowing for the placement of persistent world-locked content like animated holograms or Instagram feeds in real environments.
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  Building the next-generation metaverse will require about a dozen major technological breakthroughs, including displays, audio, input, haptics, hand tracking, eye tracking, mixed reality, sensors, graphics, computer vision, avatars, perceptual science, AI, and more.
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  Neural interfaces combined with contextualized AI have the potential to translate neuro-motor signals into digital commands, allowing users to control devices with imperceptible gestures, unlocking unprecedented technology for AR glasses.
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  The ultimate promise of technology is to be together with anyone, to be able to teleport anywhere, and to create and experience anything.

Social Interaction and Connectivity

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  The metaverse is about building technology that is centered around people and how they experience the world and interact with each other.
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  Horizon is designed to make it possible for everyone to create and interact in the metaverse, allowing people to build worlds and jump into them with others, creating unique and immersive experiences.
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  The metaverse has the potential to connect people from all over the world, enabling activities like playing sports, training with experts, and participating in charity events together.
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  The ability to be present in the metaverse, whether as a hologram in a physical meeting or participating in discussions, has the potential to be a game changer, revolutionizing how people collaborate and interact in various categories of experiences.

Transformative Potential and Collaboration

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  The development of the metaverse should prioritize interoperability, open standards, privacy, and safety from the beginning to ensure responsible building.
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  Building the metaverse will require collaboration from creators, developers, and companies of all sizes, but it can unlock a massively bigger creative economy with opportunities and benefits we can't even imagine yet.
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  The future of the metaverse will be a collaborative effort, built by all of us, beyond the constraints of screens and distance.