Virtual schmoozing
Mark Zuckerberg has announced his vision for Facebook to transition to a metaverse company
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He told The Verge people shouldn't live through "small, glowing rectangles". "That's not really how people are made to interact," he said, speaking of reliance on mobile phones.
Instead, at least according to Facebook's cockhead-in-chief, we are better suited to interaction through 3D virtual environments. At least if you're a dweeb.
"In the future, instead of just doing this over a phone call, you'll be able to sit as a hologram on my couch, or I'll be able to sit as a hologram on your couch, and it'll actually feel like we're in the same place, even if we're in different states or hundreds of miles apart," he said. "I think that is really powerful."
Oh boy. Is it just me that thinks that this sounds weird? Real human interaction demands physical proximity, it entails much more than just having a 3D hologram sitting next to you. A real person has a presence that simply cannot be substituted by an avatar. Besides, what's the point of having a meeting with the hot chick in sales if you can't put your hand on her knee?
Yes, Mark, I can see how this is a logical step in mankind's evolution. It's really just a natural progression of everything that's gone on over the last few millenia. As long as you don't mind looking like a twat. (rolleyes)
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