The Best Places To Cry In The Metaverse
Come on over to Mark’s place
I’m crying in a castle. I’m crying on a spaceship. I’m a giant panda. I’m a ninja assassin. I’m crying on my couch in the metaverse. It’s an exact replica of my worn-out sofa in real life.
I was crying before virtual reality, and I’ll be crying digital tears one day in cyberspace. That’s just the kind of guy I am. A real Roy Orbison. A brave new whatever is coming, my friends.
“Imagine you put on your glasses or headset and you’re instantly in your home space,” Mark Zuckerberg said in a recent video touting his company’s new pivot to VR. “There’s parts of your physical home, recreated virtually. It has things that are only possible virtually. And it has an incredibly inspiring view of whatever you find most beautiful.”
Now imagine taking off your glasses or headset. Look out the window. There are fires. Floods. Disease. Neighbors hate neighbors. This is a century of chaos. Quick, put your glasses or headset back on! Zap! You are transported back to a dimension of flashing colors and playful sounds, like living inside a casino slot machine, and right there, glowing in front of you, loot, treasure, an offer for 50% of a new candy-coated antidepressant.
