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Since Mark Zuckerberg announced in October 2021 that Meta (previously known as Facebook) was investing heavily in the metaverse, tech news has been dominated by the virtual world. Also, Microsoft recently announced its acquisition of gaming publisher, Activision Blizzard, foretelling the tech giant's commitment to the metaverse. Countless articles, videos, podcasts, and the like have been created on the topic, detailing what consumers can expect from the metaverse. While we are not entirely sure of everything that will be available in the metaverse, some educated guesses are more likely to come to fruition than others. Here's a list of 10 things that one can do in the metaverse.
Metaverse trends also point to avatars becoming more sophisticated. At the moment, avatars can come in a variety of different forms. This ranges from 2D avatars to photorealistic forms that appear almost exactly like people in the offline world.
Meta's well known for its advanced and nearly-photorealistic avatars. Support for these avatars over all of the company's products will increase over time. Meanwhile, Microsoft focuses on using AI technology to create avatars that fit into a business environment thanks to responsive animation. Popular apps like Zepeto and OSUVOX make it easy to create avatars and export them into different metaverse implementations.
Education has already shifted virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the metaverse's increased immersion and gamification enhance the learning process. Students will see things at work and interact with them as they learn. Interactivity and immersion in education are effective methods in having students assimilate concepts more hands-only. For example, aspiring surgeons may perform virtual mock surgeries – and architects may design spaces of their choice. The metaverse has all the bells and whistles to ensure better knowledge retention in students that leverage it for education.
Real estate sales are among the top use cases for the Metaverse, with individuals and companies keen to become early movers in this field.
Metaverse platforms are divided into land blocks called parcels, which may be acquired using the environment's specific cryptocurrency token. Once you purchase real estate, you can sell it at a higher valuation, or lease it to a property developer or VR event organizer for profit.
While there are questions concerning the drawn-out results of allowing people to live out whatever sexual fantasy they have via artificial intelligence and what that may or may do to their real-life interactions with human partners, metaverse offers a way to explore sexuality safely. Virtual reality sexual experiences are today more realistic than ever before, and many offer haptics (the sensation of touch). Metaverse technology is developing rapidly creating very real experiences. The sexual experiences available through virtual reality will continue to become more immersive in the future. Many of these VR experiences can also be combined with other online devices.
With this innovation, those in serious relationships should decide on new limits with each other. Is exploring sex in the metaverse a safe way to experiment, or is it considered cheating? What if you engage in sex with your partner while augmenting reality so that your partner looks like someone else? The comfort level and boundaries of these experiences will need to be discussed among partners to establish what enhances the relationship rather than harms it.
Online multiplayer games that allow for virtual interaction have been around for years, but the most popular taking the metaverse by storm are Roblox and Fortnite.
VR gaming is one of the key use cases of the metaverse and probably the purpose for which it was initially envisioned. The Sandbox, for instance, is a collection of games that have progressively matured into a prominent metaverse platform. You will no longer play games for amusement but also engage in 'play-to-earn' activities.
The Metaverse allows people to engage with things in a way that is unattainable via e-commerce or online storefronts. For instance, your avatar may visit a virtual shop, wander around the aisles, try on things such as clothes or shoes, and make payments directly in bitcoin. You may choose to buy virtual things for your avatars or begin a real-world transaction and have the product delivered later.
Working from home has become increasingly popular these days and for some, it's a blessing and for others, it's just the opposite. One of the ideas of the metaverse is to bridge that gap and make it everyone's dream.
The Metaverse is a no-zoom zone because it's rather unnecessary. In the metaverse, you don't have to pretend to stare at your colleagues on a screen as the virtual world allows you all to participate in the digital office.
From there, you can meet with colleagues, chat, work on projects, and easily set up meetings too. It will be one of the most inclusive and accessible workplaces ever.
Advertisers will also reap the benefits of the metaverse, leveraging the power of virtual reality to reach consumers in new ways. Traditional methods will remain, including banner ads, regular in-app advertisements, and analytics-backed websites. However, fresher, more interactive ways will emerge, such as VR billboards, in-game sponsored content (akin to the recent Louis Vuitton x Fortnite collaboration), and virtual influencers. Furthermore, the metaverse will look to propel customer engagement further with evolving direct-to-consumer marketing that is more interactive, immersive, and engaging.
Holidays can be taken in the real world, so why not in the virtual one? This is perhaps one of the most exciting things to do in the metaverse. Big tech companies like Facebook, Microsoft, and others are ready to work together to create a world where transportation is possible. The concept of the metaverse is that you can easily switch areas, what we would think of as locations, without worrying about capacity issues or latency.
Virtual concerts are not new, with games like Fortnite and Roblox already hosting concerts on a massive scale. However, the metaverse aims to take this one step further by creating virtual arenas and having fans attend the concerts alongside friends in 3-D form. Virtual reality increases immersion and adds a new dimension to the concert experience. Fans may also get to customize the show's environment and location to fit their liking. For example, don't like the Burning Man festival in the middle of a desert? Take it to the beach or even the mountains!
