Interesting consideration.
When Facebook talked about using Avatar of the person in the metaverse, early adopters of the metaverse criticized the poor quality of the graphics, asking “Who would use Deteriorated copy of reality? In this case, they are the same people who laughed at [Alan Kay's] demonstration of being able to draw pictures and make music on a computer, calling it a bad drawing, and did not take it seriously.
@kiyoshi_shin: it was indeed a big deal and Meta has responded in a hurry. Mr. Zuckerberg posted a new image on Facebook. He announced that he will be updating Avatar and Horizon with improved graphics. Fall (October?) He said he will announce details at MetaConnect in the @akrisn: because I’m sure many people were disappointed with that modeling. But on the other hand, I’m not interested in the direction of a domestic metaverse == a world where I can be different, and I think what Facebook is doing is interesting enough. @akrisn: The idea of a metaverse that is different from reality is a story that Establishing Identity is a story that adolescents struggling with Identity get, and I can see how a prolonged moratorium period and a social networking site where you can enjoy a period of Eternal moratorium on anonymous accounts all the time would go well together. But that would be a niche business and not something Facebook would do. @akrisn: back when computers were used by big companies to do employee payroll, Alan Kay’s demo showing that computers could be used to draw pictures and make music [People who laughed it off as a bad painting and didn’t take them seriously.
Alan Kay: Doing with Images Makes Symbols (Full Version)
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