I think metaverse concepts/companies can only bet successful if they fulfill there key criteria that all products need to have:
1. It's gotta be useful (Jobs to done/value/utility whatever you want to call it)
2. It's gotta make me feel good/excited, it has to be fun ("emotional value" if you want)
3. It's gotta be socially acceptable ("what do others think of me if I use this thing?")
My take is: It is unclear how and when the current concepts of the metaverse will deliver on these dimensions. I bet there is a version that will deliver on all 3. But, we haven't seen it yet. Once we see it, we'll all laugh and say, "why didn't I invent this?".
PS: The closest thing I have seen is gather.town. It's not quite a metaverse (yet) though.
1. It's gotta be useful (Jobs to done/value/utility whatever you want to call it)
2. It's gotta make me feel good/excited, it has to be fun ("emotional value" if you want)
3. It's gotta be socially acceptable ("what do others think of me if I use this thing?")
My take is: It is unclear how and when the current concepts of the metaverse will deliver on these dimensions. I bet there is a version that will deliver on all 3. But, we haven't seen it yet. Once we see it, we'll all laugh and say, "why didn't I invent this?".
PS: The closest thing I have seen is gather.town. It's not quite a metaverse (yet) though.