ʻO ka makahiki 2021 ʻaʻole ia he makahiki hou me ka maʻi o COVID-19. ʻO ia hoʻi kahi i hoʻololi ai ʻo Facebook i kona inoa i Meta Platforms Inc., ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Meta, a i ka wā i hoʻololi ai ke ao holoʻokoʻa i ka huaʻōlelo metaverse. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i haku ʻia kēia huaʻōlelo e Mark Zuckerberg, no ka mea, ua hoʻi kēia inoa i ka makahiki 1992.
ʻO Neal Stephenson He mea kākau ʻAmelika nona nā hana moʻolelo i hāʻule i loko o nā ʻano like ʻole, mai ka cyberpunk a i ka moʻolelo ʻepekema a i nā moʻolelo mōʻaukala. A ʻo kāna hana ʻo Snow mai 1992, e hui pū ana i nā memetics, nā maʻi kamepiula a me nā kumuhana ʻenehana ʻē aʻe me nā moʻolelo Sumerian a me ka nānā ʻana i nā manaʻo politika, e like me ka libertarianism, laissez faire a i ʻole communism, aia pū kekahi mau kuhikuhi i ka metaverse. Ma ʻaneʻi ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maoli, i kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Metaverse, a aia kahi simulation virtual o ke kino kanaka.
Inā ʻo ia ka wehewehe ʻana o ka huaʻōlelo metaverse, penei ke kani: he wahi kaʻana like virtual hui ʻia i hana ʻia e ka hui ʻana o kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo maoli i hoʻonui ʻia a me kahi ākea hoʻomau kino.
Akā he aha kāu e noʻonoʻo ai ma lalo o kēlā? ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki ke loaʻa i nā wehewehe hou aku, akā ua wehewehe ʻo Zuckerberg iā ia ma ke ʻano he kaiapuni virtual e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke komo iā ʻoe iho, ma mua o ka nānā wale ʻana ma kahi pā pālahalaha. A hiki iā ʻoe ke komo i loko, no ka laʻana, he avatar. Ua hoʻokumu pū ʻia kēia huaʻōlelo e Stephenson ma kāna hana ʻo Snow, a ma hope wale nō i hoʻomaka ai e hoʻohana ʻia e kuhikuhi i nā kiʻi virtual, inā ma nā pāʻani kamepiula, nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni (Avatar), nā ʻōnaehana hana, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. No laila ʻo ke kumu o ka metaverse he ʻano o ka Pūnaewele 3D.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hana me ka ʻole o ka lako
Eia naʻe, i mea e ʻai pono ai/nānā/hoʻokele ʻana i ia ʻike, pono e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea hana kūpono. ʻO kēia a he mau aniani VR a me AR a i ʻole nā poʻo poʻo holoʻokoʻa, i hui pū ʻia me nā smartphones a me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe. Hoʻolaʻa ʻia ʻo Meta iā lākou me kāna hui ʻo Oculus, manaʻo ʻia nā mea nui mai Apple ma kēia ʻano.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i nā hale kūʻai virtual, nānā i nā ʻaha mele, huakaʻi i nā wahi virtual, a ʻoiaʻiʻo, nā mea āpau mai ka hōʻoluʻolu o kou home ponoʻī. Ua ʻike ʻoe i ke kiʻi Mākaukau Mea Pāʻani Hoʻokahi? Inā ʻaʻole, a laila e nānā iā ia a loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi manaʻo o ke ʻano o ka "realistic" i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Ma kēiaʻano, eʻike mākou i nā mea a pau me kaʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka ikaika, aʻaʻole wale ma o Meta a me Apple, no ka mea, ke hana nei nā poʻe loea'ē aʻe i kā lākou hopena aʻaʻole makemake lākou e haʻalele (Microsoft, Nvidia). ʻO ka mea nāna e hoʻomaka i kēia ao ma mua e loaʻa iā ia ke alakaʻi maopopo. ʻAʻole wale i ka kūleʻa kūʻai o kāu hoʻonā, akā i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka ʻikepili e pili ana i nā mea hoʻohana a, ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi, ke kuhikuhi nei i ka hoʻolaha kūpono.