The Xbox CEO (or CEO of Microsoft gaming) Phil Spencer along with other top players in the tech industry have contradictory views on the metaverse. A very noteworthy opinion or take on the metaverse is that of Phil Spencer, who took a strike at the approach to this futuristic initiative. In Phil’s words, the metaverse is simply “a poorly built video game,” limiting his focus to the gaming aspect.
In his candid opinion, the “work in the metaverse” idea of Meta is rather impractical, as it transforms what is to be a gaming platform into a boring meeting room. He went on to pinpoint the fact that video game developers are creative and can make amazing games in the metaverse. The idea of having a working environment in what is supposed to be a gaming world is simply poor creativity.
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Other top players in the tech industry also had their ideas on Zuckerberg’s plan for the metaverse. One such individual is Evan Spiegel, the CEO of Snap, who likened the metaverse to life inside a computer, which he is not willing to partake in. Some others see the metaverse as a complicating next-generation term which might expand in the coming decades.
So far, even Meta is yet to convince its prospective users of the practicality of the metaverse independent of gaming. Most VR gaming device manufacturers limit themselves to 3D immersive gaming, but Meta is thinking big, envisioning a future in the virtual world. Possibly, in the years ahead, Meta will be able to pull more users into the metaverse. Even the Xbox CEO believes that there is a future for the metaverse, but not the way Meta envisions it presently.
