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My Day in the Immature Metaverse

ARVR

What is the ontological status of a multi-player game like Beat Saber , compared to Facebook’s Horizon , which lets people be creators, not simply players in a pre-set activity? I am most drawn to non-gaming Social VR platforms where I am able to create worlds and be with people. Horizon, that is part of larger empire.

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VR Reader

ARVR

VR is growing but it is still a niche area, within which the non-gaming social platforms are another embedded niche. Furthermore, my involvement is primarily confined to one particular social VR platform, AltspaceVR, owned by Microsoft, making most of my experience the product of a niche within a niche within a niche.