Me and a friend of mine have had this idea for awhile about creating a framework for federated VR using ActivityPub. The idea would be to create a universal federated backend on which people can create worlds/spaces using something like Godot Engine.
VR isn’t mainstream yet, but I think it eventually will be for various reasons, and it might be good to lay the groundwork right now for a social VR platform that is open and democratic, rather than wait for tech corporations to build their own virtual tyrannies.
This sounds really interesting, and I wouldn't mind hearing more about it. Our idea was something like Neos or VRchat, but free and open source with the ability for people to host their own servers and link them to the rest of the ecosystem.
Honestly, though, I really don't yet have much experience with this sort of thing which is why it has stayed just an idea, but I'd love to see the idea take off in the hands of those who are more capable.
Environmental collapse is actually one reason why I think it will start to become more common, especially in the corporate world. It would basically be an easy way for companies to start or expand with minimal resource use. The vast majority of desk jobs could be transplanted to virtual work spaces, which would mean no need for commutes, physical offices, work visas, etc., which would be a boost to a specific company's profits in the midst of a squeeze on global resource use. A depressing future, but one that I think is somewhat realistic as capital attempts to adjust to issues posed by climate change.
That's where the economic crash comes into play. Most of Silicon Valley is financed by a massive venture-capital bubble, companies are pumping up their numbers with reverse factoring, and The Line has been so divorced from reality you wouldn't know we're in a recession from looking at it. VR is a resource intensive luxury good that barely has a market share as is. I'd be surprised if it's not one of the first tech industries to go bottom up.
Me and a friend of mine have had this idea for awhile about creating a framework for federated VR using ActivityPub. The idea would be to create a universal federated backend on which people can create worlds/spaces using something like Godot Engine.
VR isn’t mainstream yet, but I think it eventually will be for various reasons, and it might be good to lay the groundwork right now for a social VR platform that is open and democratic, rather than wait for tech corporations to build their own virtual tyrannies.
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This sounds really interesting, and I wouldn't mind hearing more about it. Our idea was something like Neos or VRchat, but free and open source with the ability for people to host their own servers and link them to the rest of the ecosystem.
Honestly, though, I really don't yet have much experience with this sort of thing which is why it has stayed just an idea, but I'd love to see the idea take off in the hands of those who are more capable.
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Don't worry, the environment and economy will collapse before it gets the chance.
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Environmental collapse is actually one reason why I think it will start to become more common, especially in the corporate world. It would basically be an easy way for companies to start or expand with minimal resource use. The vast majority of desk jobs could be transplanted to virtual work spaces, which would mean no need for commutes, physical offices, work visas, etc., which would be a boost to a specific company's profits in the midst of a squeeze on global resource use. A depressing future, but one that I think is somewhat realistic as capital attempts to adjust to issues posed by climate change.
That's where the economic crash comes into play. Most of Silicon Valley is financed by a massive venture-capital bubble, companies are pumping up their numbers with reverse factoring, and The Line has been so divorced from reality you wouldn't know we're in a recession from looking at it. VR is a resource intensive luxury good that barely has a market share as is. I'd be surprised if it's not one of the first tech industries to go bottom up.