Well… first of all I didn’t know that the word ‘game’ was a verb… heigh-ho! “I game… I saw… I conquered!” You learn something new every day, don't you... if you're not careful!
Apparently, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (virtual picture above left) has been a leading voice on the concept. There you are then… that explains it all… the mountain of sugar is serving up a (profitable) pile of poppycock!
The announcement comes as Facebook deals with the fallout of a damaging scandal, and faces increased calls for regulation to curb its influence. Who's been a naughty boy then?
"The metaverse has the potential to help unlock access to new creative, social, and economic opportunities. And Europeans will be shaping it right from the start", Facebook said in a blog post. Well... to paraphrase Mandy Rice-Davies*... "They would, wouldn't they?"
"Metaverse” is a new buzzword in internet
technology, used to describe “a virtual space within digital environments”. I
suspect it is actually designed for the real space between some people’s ears! T
A few days ago, whilst pulling back the curtains to let the light of day filter into our front room, I noticed a small boy, probaly around nine years of age, walking along the pavement on the opposite side of the road. He was sporting a school uniform, complete with cap, so I presumed he was bound for a local brainery. In his left hand there was a mobile phone, or some similar device, which he was vigourously punching with one of the digits of his right hand. Had there been a manhole cover missing in his path I reckon that you wouldn't have got very good odds on him disappearing from view.
Who was the tiddler talking to at such an hour? Personally, I find that incident sad and somewhat perturbing! Grab 'em while they're young I suppose! When I was going to school I never felt the urge to dash into a phone box! I have never owned a mobile phone... I prefer to keep my brains between my ears!
I know next to nothing about "on-line worlds", thank you very much, but I do understand something about growing up, which I did quite some time ago, as a member of a working class family. I played football, cricket and tennis. I went camping with the Cubs and Scouts. At school I did cross-country running, which I hated, but there you go... not very quickly as it happened. Needless to say, my generation was fitter, better adjusted, and better prepared for the rigours of later life.
The geeks are building a generation who will believe that success in life depends on who has the best controller and the quickest thumbs!.
Zuckerberg and his wife founded the ‘The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’ in 2015. It is supposed to focus on “personalised learning, curing disease, connecting people, and building strong communities.’
Recent research by Facebook (of which Zuckerberg was one of the founders) discovered that Instagram, which it owns, was affecting the mental health of teenagers. But Facebook did not share its findings when they suggested that the platform was a "toxic" place for many youngsters. Mandy Rice Davies again!
The words “cause” and “effect” spring to mind!
Hows about changing the name to "Faecesbook"
*A Welsh-born model and showgirl, best known for her association with Christine Keeler and her role in the 'Profumo Affair', which discredited the Conservative government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1963.
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