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1. 你如何看待Facebook改名为Meta这件事

作为世界上数一数二的互联网公司，facebook早已经拥有了几十亿的活跃用户，不仅如此，扎克伯克的这家公司还拥有WhatsApp，Instagram等APP，几乎可以算是占据了互联网发展得半壁江山，不过，扎克伯格本人好像并不满足于此，他想要的是更多用户和更广泛、更先进的互联网科技。为此，他特意将公司的名字改成Meta。Meta这个词是希腊词，其本来的意思是“超越”，从这个意思我们就可以看出，扎克伯克已经不想原地踏步，他想要超越现在拥有的一切。

不管成功与否，扎克伯格都走在了一条崭新的道路上，前方是人类的福祉还是科技的黑洞，之后他会给我们答案。

2. 什么是“元宇宙”，“元宇宙”真的是个骗局吗

“元宇宙”并不是骗局，指的是一个与现实世界平行，同时又是一个独立的虚拟空间，换句话来说，就是真实的数字虚拟世界。

“元宇宙”是非常热门的话题，许多商业巨头纷纷加入相关的领域，纷纷开始加入 “元宇宙”的行业。这么一个看似虚幻的世界，只要假以时日，相信在不久的将来会实现“元宇宙”场景出现。

“元宇宙”是一个由许多个新技术组合而成的新型网络空间和社会形态，利用数字技术产生的现实世界的镜像，将区块链技术创建出一个经济体系，把虚幻和现实相结合，并允许所有用户对其内容进行编辑。“元宇宙”这个词最先出现在斯蒂芬森的一本科幻小说《雪崩》当中，小说中描述了一个与现关世界平行的另一个数字世界，每个现实世界的人在这个数字世界中都有另一个虚拟的自己。

“元宇宙”不仅不是骗局，并且推动着互联网发展，通过虚拟现实设备让人们真正感受到数字化时代的奇妙。人们只要戴上设备就可以进入虚拟的空间跟同事来一场社交，甚至可以利用“元宇宙”来创造一个虚拟的世界，从此人类将成为现实与虚拟世界的“两栖动物”。

3. “元宇宙”概念为何能在今年突然爆发

“元宇宙”概念源自美国作家Neal Stephenson在1992年出版的科幻小说《雪崩》（Snow Crash）。小说中构建了一个真人可以生活和社交，并且与现实世界平行的共享虚拟世界。元宇宙这个概念再度被炒热，缘起Facebook（脸书）改名。Facebook 改名成 Meta 公司，宣布自己要专注于转向以虚拟现实为主的新兴计算平台。

游戏与现实的边界正在变得模糊，元宇宙不仅仅是游戏，它是人类社会向数字空间拓展的新路径。它甚至于大航海时代，工业革命时代，宇航时代一样是具有历史意义的新时代。

4. 什么是元宇宙NFT和元宇宙什么关系

关于元宇宙，我们首先要明确这么一点，那就是元宇宙并不是真实存在的世界，而是一个虚拟的数字世界。元宇宙的创造者，就是我们人类。那么元宇宙是哪来的呢？其实元宇宙的这个概念来源于1992年的科幻小说《雪崩》。《雪崩》当中描述的，就是一个人类操控自己的意识分身，完成各种任务的世界。这个世界当中，人类的沉浸体验感极强，甚至于无法分辨真实世界与虚拟世界的区别。现在我们说的元宇宙，就是在这个基础之上，我们对这一经典概念的继承和重现。
元宇宙实现的基础，是我们的区块链技术以及VR、AR等技术的成熟以及相关产业的成熟布局。而元宇宙的组成要素当中，有一个成员至关重要，可以说它的存在决定着元宇宙的经济框架，是否能够形成，以及元宇宙能够是否能够繁荣兴盛。它的名字叫做NFT，它的英文全称是Non-Fungible Token，翻译成汉语的话，叫非同质化代币。关于非同质化代币，我们可以这样理解，它是独一无二的存在，不可被复制，而且非同质化代币的单位，只有1，也就是永远不可拆分，这保证了元宇宙资产的安全。
NFT在元宇宙之中，最广泛的作用就是提供一种原生数字资产所有权的标记，一张照片一幅画都可以用来NFT，只要经过NFT的存在，基本上都不怕别人惦记了，因为不管怎么样，是你的都是你的，通过NFT都能够迅速的找到主人。

5. 元宇宙是什么梗

指沉浸式的虚拟世界，英文Metaverse。这个虚拟世界由VR（虚拟现实）、AR（增强现实）等3D技术和互联网组成。用户可以在元宇宙中感受不一样的人生，或是体验与真实世界完全不同的世界。与现有网络游戏不同的是，元宇宙能给玩家带来更真实的感受，让玩家可以仿佛置身于虚拟世界当中，甚至可以做到无法区分真实与虚拟世界。元宇宙也被吹捧成了互联网的终极形态。 电影《黑客帝国》和《头号玩家》就是元宇宙概念。 元宇宙一词最早出自美国科幻小说《雪崩》。小说中描绘了一个与现实世界平行的虚拟世界，元界（Metaverse）。

6. 元宇宙和虚拟世界之间有什么区别

元宇宙到底是什么?” 这一概念听起来像虚拟现实，也确实融合了虚拟现实，但是二者并不完全相同。
那么，元宇宙到底是什么?你是否需要用一个Facebook旗下的VR头显才能访问元宇宙?
元宇宙是什么?
元宇宙的概念不是最近才发明的。然而，许多人却是现在才第一次听说元宇宙。
这个词最早出现在尼尔·斯蒂芬森1992年出版的小说《雪崩》中。在小说中，元宇宙是一个融合了虚拟现实、增强现实和互联网的虚拟共享空间。
Facebook和其他科技公司宣布的元宇宙概念似乎与上述描述非常相似。虽然其确切的定义似乎因人而异，但是它基本上是一个更强调虚拟世界的新版互联网。
与使用浏览器访问网站不同，用户将来可以选择使用VR虚拟现实和AR增强现实进入虚拟世界来获取信息。
元宇宙 VS 虚拟现实:区别是什么?
只要你读过任何关于元宇宙的文章，就很难忽视它与虚拟现实的诸多相似之处。然而，两者之间还是存在一些重要的区别。
如果你想要理解虚拟现实和元宇宙之间的区别，以下是二者之间的六个主要区别:
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虚拟现实定义明确，元宇宙则不然
虚拟现实和元宇宙之间最显著的区别是，虚拟现实现的定义很明确，而元宇宙定义不明。
根据马克·扎克伯格的说法，元宇宙是“一个具象的互联网世界，用户不仅仅是浏览内容，而是身临其境”。微软公司在一份最近发布的声明将其描述为“一个持久的数字世界，由人、地点和事物的数字化身组成”。
扎克伯格介绍:Facebook改名Meta
与我们对虚拟现实的理解相比，这些描述相当模糊，也有可能这些科技公司本身对元宇宙就没有一个完整的定义。
根据Facebook的说法，公司更名是构建元宇宙的必要举措，他们想要一个能更好地代表其工作内容的名字。但这肯定不是这么做的唯一合理原因。Facebook正在经历形象危机。
也可以这么说，元宇宙只不过是一个流行词汇，用来描述现有互联网的技术进步。
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不属于任何一家公司
关于元宇宙的另一个潜在问题是，到底谁可以定义它。
作为Oculus Rift的所有者，Facebook公司在虚拟现实技术的发展中扮演着重要的角色。但与此同时，他们只是VR这个庞大行业内的一家公司而已。

7. 元宇宙游戏毁了多少孩子

大家好，我是很帅的狐狸

今天我准备来聊聊

元宇宙

最近这个概念很火——

facebook改名Meta迎接元宇宙，抖音的元宇宙up主「柳夜熙」凭借两个视频收获了200万粉丝，甚至罗永浩老师都提到了，自己下一个创业项目将会是元宇宙……

那么问题就来了——

元宇宙到底是什么？

后续它会怎么发展？最终形态是怎样的？

为什么说目前元宇宙最大的风险是政策风险？

为什么我们说它有可能会毁了这个世界？

我们有办法避免它对人类的摧毁吗？

这篇文章会回答上面的这些问题，希望可以升级你对世界的认知，辅助你更好地预测人类社会的发展趋势，找到在后续每个阶段最关键的技术与应用。

先来看看第一个问题：元宇宙是什么？

「元宇宙」这个概念来自科幻小说《雪崩》，简单来说就是一个虚拟世界。

在这个世界里头，用户可以连接万物，并且可以做到很多物理世界里无法实现的操作。

在科幻作品里头，元宇宙会更丰富一些： 比如像《头号玩家》里头那样，使用VR眼镜来与其他个体互动——

不过，元宇宙并不会单单停留在「炒作」层面上，它有极强的可拓展性。

未来的元宇宙，可能是像电影《超能查派》或《超验骇客》一样，我们可以把自己的意识上传到网络上，到时我们可以脱离肉身完全生活在元宇宙里。

大家听到这么赛博朋克的概念通常会特别兴奋，但我想把大家稍微往现实拉回来一些：

因为再往后推演了几步后我们发现，等发展到第4阶段，元宇宙很可能会让人类固步自封，甚至有可能毁了这个世界。

接下来我们可以一起来看看后续元宇宙的发展推演。

目前看来，我们还处于第一阶段——

阶段 1

虚拟元宇宙 ️

元宇宙其实是在复刻人类在现实世界的感官感受。

最早因为设备的限制 （只有电脑和手机） ，所以我们只能复刻一部分视觉和听觉的体验。

像是我以前详细介绍过的游戏 ，在那个元宇宙里一切皆有可能：玩家可以开银行、炒地皮、开会……这个游戏甚至还成功地预言了2008年的金融危机，感兴趣的可以翻看我之前的文章。

德国华人玩家Chung Anshe在现实生活中是个老师，在游戏中却靠着炒卖地皮赚了上百万美金，其虚拟形象甚至登上了《财富》和《商业周刊》杂志的封面。

图/商业周刊

还有后来流行的Roblox、我的世界、摩尔庄园、动森等等……

就像前面说的，所有角色扮演类游戏都可以说是「元宇宙」的前身。

而这几年，技术的发展让我们可以更好地复刻现实世界的体验——

基于上面提到的这些技术，我们可以更快地接收、处理、传输、输出感官信息。

我们来重点说一下负责信息输出的VR终端，它们的作用是复刻五感的体验——

目前我们对视觉和听觉的模拟已经相对成熟了。

触觉方面，目前有类似《头号玩家》里头的全身触觉体验套件Teslasuit，可以通过电流刺激来模拟触觉。

图/Teslasuit

嗅觉方面，有个叫OhRoma的产品可以模拟战争中的硝烟味、僵尸扑过来时的腐烂味、女生靠近时的体香 （其实…这个产品是色情网站设计的） 等等。

图/Techcrunch

随着化学和材料学等学科的发展，理论上未来也可以合成相应的气体固体，模拟更多嗅觉体验，甚至味觉。

到时候，我们会进入一个几乎可以复原现实世界一切感官体验的元宇宙。

不过，毕竟一切只是「模拟」，还是很难完美复刻所有感官体验。

这时候，我们会尝试进入「阶段2」。

阶段 2

脑接元宇宙

之前我在科普 的时候就提到过「缸中之脑」实验。

人类的感受其实都是大脑的「骗局」：而既然大脑信号都是电信号，我们完全可以把大脑信号转化为计算机可以读懂的语言，反过来也可以把计算机信号转化为大脑可以感知的电信号。

这样我们靠一段代码，就可以模拟吃饭的感受。

像是马斯克这几年在研究的脑机接口技术，就在努力攻克这些课题。

图/Neuralink

随着技术发展，未来我们或许完全不需要通过VR眼镜等外接设备，也可以直接通过电信号完美复刻现实世界带来的感官体验。

不过呢，还是有问题存在：我们的吃喝拉撒还是得在现实世界完成，人类无法跟现实世界完全脱节。

一种解决方案是类似电影《黑客帝国》的场景：所有人类的肉体被妥善保存，通过营养液维持生命机能——

图/《黑客帝国》剧照

这背后也有「两颗药丸」的伦理问题：「真实」到底重不重要？

Anyway，即使伦理问题解决了，所有人都愿意选择在元宇宙里生活和工作了，仍然有问题无法解决：衰老与死亡。

这时候，人类会尝试进入下一个阶段的元宇宙——

阶段 3

意识元宇宙

随着全脑仿真技术与人工智能技术的发展，未来如果我们可以像《超能查派》或《超验骇客》一样，直接把人类意识上载到服务器上，同时让意识具备自我计算机能，那么我们可以脱离肉身完全活在元宇宙里，彻底地进化为硅基生物。

而且我们的意识还可以无限复制，传到全世界的各个服务器上。

这个哲学上的讨论很多，今天就不展开了。

感兴趣的话，可以去看看WaitButWhy的文章《What Makes You You?》。

Anyway，假设意识本身都是「我」，那么在意识可以备份的前提下，只要不存在全球性灾难事件引发全网断网、数据库全毁这样的极端情形，理论上我们都可以实现「永生」。

不过这时候还是有问题：人们会变得不再快乐。

这一点可能有点违反直觉，我来解释解释——

大家之所以喜欢元宇宙的概念，是因为它能摆脱现实世界的诸多限制。

比如空间限制，我们可以在元宇宙里实现瞬间移动。

我们也可以脱离时间限制，很多动作可以有即时反馈，压根都不需要等待。

如果我们的意识可以上传到元宇宙，我们甚至可以通过提高计算速度，来改变我们对时间流逝的感知——就像刘慈欣在长篇处女作《中国2185》里头所描述的，「虚拟人类」在两个小时里度过了600年的演化。

还有就是规律限制——在元宇宙里我们能做到很多违背物理学生物学规律的事情，比如你可以飞可以漂浮，就算被车撞了被剑刺了也不会真正意义上的「死亡」。

图/Mark Zuckerberg via FB

而更重要的，在元宇宙里，理论上你也没有资源限制——

你可以拥有无限多的资源，你可以拥有无数套房、无数辆豪车、无数个名牌包包……

只要计算资源允许，甚至每个人都可以拥有自己的元宇宙，成为自己宇宙的「神」。

那么问题就来了——

既然几乎没有限制，为啥还会「不再快乐」呢？

这是因为，快乐的来源，在于「预期差」。

几乎什么都做得到，要什么就有什么，你就不会有「求之而不得」的感觉。

就算你得到了一切，都会觉得这是理所当然的。

而且意识被上载还有一个后果：我们的计算速度和准确性变强了，出现「意外」的概率很小。

换句话说，我们的「预期」变得极其准确，这也是导致没有预期差的原因。

意识到这一点的人会开始进入下一个阶段——

阶段 4

孪生元宇宙

为了制造预期差，我们会开始某种程度的自我设限，复刻真实世界中的各种规律：物理学、经济学…创造出一个现实世界的镜像，也就是我们经常会听到的「数字孪生」。

最简单的做法是加入随机数。

就像玩游戏抽道具，把把欧皇并不会让人沉迷，有了随机变量自然会有意外，会有预期差。

当然，我们也可以自我设限，让资源不再无限 （不过这也失去了元宇宙的大部分魅力） 。

比如说，我们可以利用我以前科普过的 ，让元宇宙里头的虚拟物品具备稀缺属性。

这么做，本质上就是让资源不再可以随随便便地无限复制，那么现实世界中的经济规律也可以在元宇宙里头被复刻。

当然，这些手段其实在更早的阶段就会开始发生，像是NFT在这几年就被热炒过几波。

不过在这个阶段还是有两个致命的问题，这两个问题甚至有可能让人类不再拥有创造力。

第一个问题是时间资源无法受限。

上载意识后，人类实现了「永生」。

虽然我们会自我设限，让经济规律重现，但我们不大可能会让时间资源被压缩。

毕竟从伦理道德来看，剥夺一个人的剩余时间，相当于主动「杀死」他。

一旦人类拥有近乎无限的生命，他们会做什么？

奈飞《爱死机》第二季的《Pop Squad》 （人口警察） 给出了答案——人类将会丧失创新意愿。

剧集里的一个女性角色，她是个歌手，过去20年一直在磨炼某一段独唱。

图/爱死机2

因为她拥有了无限的时间，已经试错了足够多次，「从0到1」甚至「从1到100」都搭好了，所以会把更多的精力放在「从100到101」的层面。

顺带一提，这时候「繁衍后代」也会变得没那么重要，你甚至可以跟NPC （人工智能） 生下后代，但很可能只是为了体验当父母的乐趣。

Anyway，人类创新的步伐确实会因此放缓。

当然你也可以说，虽然是放缓，但还是在进步的；而且时间资源近乎无限，那长远来看，人类还是在发展的。

这时候我们还会面对另一个问题——信息茧房。

人类知识的发展，要有信息的输入才能有智慧的输出。

而在元宇宙里头，信息的输入源会被局限在元宇宙 （外加地球） 本身，这会限制人类知识边界的拓展，会形成一个信息茧房。

当然，自我演化本身也可以有输出：因为我们对原始数据的处理会得到新的信息，会产生新的认知与洞见。

但这些都只是人类自身活动而产生的信息。

更可怕的是，一旦算力足够多，每个人都可以在意识里加载所有人类已知的知识，那么每个个体的输入相同、处理机制也相同 （因为处理机制由输入的信息决定） ，这样每个个体的输出也会相同。

这会诞生很多科幻小说里提到的「统一意识体」。

多样性的美将不复存在。

那么问题来了——如何破局呢？

人类在彻底理解了元宇宙与地球之后，还是有拓展知识边界的需求的。

这时候，我们需要打破信息茧房，从地球外部去找输入。

就像我在新加坡的ArtScience Musuem （艺术科学博物馆） 里头看到的这么一句话——

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翻译过来就是「科学是宇宙想告知人类的，而艺术则是人类想告知宇宙的。」

所以过往一直有所谓「飞船派」和「元宇宙派」的争论——

到底人类的未来，是走向外星殖民？还是成为地下运转的服务器？

如果是后者，那么一个流星过来，人类很可能会就此湮灭。

这是包括刘慈欣老师在内的诸多科幻小说家、未来学家所担心的；也是我开头提到的「元宇宙可能会毁掉这个世界」的底层逻辑。

无独有偶，人类登月的第二人Buzz Aldrin也吐槽过：「你承诺过给我们火星殖民，现在我得到的却只有Facebook。」

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那么问题就来了——

你到底会选择加入「飞船派」呢？还是「元宇宙派」呢？

最后我想说，这两个派别其实并不矛盾。

这就像是投资和消费的关系一样。

像费雪说的，「投资是时间维度上的平衡消费」，或者说，投资其实就是未来的消费。

一样的，「飞船派」是在拓宽信息源，而「元宇宙派」则是在更好地利用和处理现有的信息。

两者并不矛盾，可以两者兼有。

只是，我们不能把所有的钱都花在消费上，还是该拿出一部分来投资。

照例一张图总结一下——

P.S.总有一天，疫情终将过去。疫情前和疫情后的生活会有什么变化，后疫情时代又有什么投资机会呢？找天给大家聊聊不晓得你们会感兴趣不，感兴趣的小伙伴点个在看呗。

「Greed is good.」

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8. 脸书宣布更名，从社交媒体转型为“元宇宙”公司，公司的经营理念是什么

脸书的经营理念是注重效益、快速行动、大胆进取、公开开放、创造社会价值，这是他们老总扎克伯格亲自说的。

脸书最近要更名的消息在科技圈和财经圈很火爆，因为这家美国社交企业巨头的影响力很大，它的每一步行动都可以牵动着整个资本市场。所以人们很关注这件事，特别是财经圈的大佬们，想要弄清楚扎克伯格到底想要干什么，这样他们才可以知道该不该投资脸书，因为这会影响他们未来的收益。而科技圈的大佬们也关注着扎克伯格，因为他们想要知道扎克伯格的目的，这样可以和他们竞争，抢夺他们的市场。

三：我个人对此的看法是什么？

我个人对脸书的看法不是很好，因为他们曾经为了市场，对抖音发起了恶意竞争，然后还是输了。所以我觉得，扎克伯格走的这一步是险棋，很可能把自己玩死。

9. 元宇宙是什么

元宇宙一般指Metaverse，Metaverse 是一个虚拟时空间的集合， 由一系列的增强现实（AR）， 虚拟现实（VR） 和互联网（Internet）所组成。

Metavers是由Meta和Verse组成， Meta表示超越， verse是宇宙universe的意思， 合起来通常表示，互联网的下一个阶段， 由AR，VR，3D等技术支持的虚拟现实的网络世界。

虚拟现实技术囊括计算机、电子信息、仿真技术，其基本实现方式是计算机模拟虚拟环境从而给人以环境沉浸感。随着社会生产力和科学技术的不断发展，各行各业对VR技术的需求日益旺盛。VR技术也取得了巨大进步，并逐步成为一个新的科学技术领域。

根据系统功能角度分类

系统功能分为规划设计、展示娱乐、训练演练等几类。规划设计系统可用于新设施的实验验证，可大幅缩短研发时长，降低设计成本，提高设计效率，城市排水、社区规划等领域均可使用，如VR模拟给排水系统，可大幅减少原本需用于实验验证的经费。

展示娱乐类系统适用于提供给用户逼真的观赏体验，如数字博物馆，大型3D交互式游戏，影视制作等，如VR技术早在70年代便被Disney用于拍摄特效电影；训练演练类系统则可应用于各种危险环境及一些难以获得操作对象或实操成本极高的领域，如外科手术训练、空间站维修训练等。

以上内容参考：网络—vr，网络—元宇宙

10. 脸书将招聘1万名的员工开发元宇宙，元宇宙究竟是什么

元宇宙，仿佛是在一夜之间突然爆火了。但是其实元宇宙，最开始来源于1992年的一部小说，也就是《雪崩》。那么元宇宙到底是什么呢？元宇宙的英文是metaverse，分开解读的话，分别是超越和宇宙的意思，也就是要制造一个平行于现实宇宙的人造虚拟空间。
2021年成为了元宇宙元年，也就是在这1年，国内外各大巨头纷纷布局元宇宙，以求能够获得更大的优势。Facebook甚至高调的把自己名字改成了meta，其发展理念也由一个社交公司转变成了元宇宙公司。扎克伯格，甚至这样表示，元宇宙的存在，将会颠覆掉现在的一切。
扎克伯格甚至准备在5年的时间之内就建造出一个元宇宙公司来。为了完成自己的这样目标，他准备招聘一万名的员工对自己的元宇宙的愿景进行攻关，当然了，这里的员工其技术含量要求是十分高的。其招聘的目标，包括德法意以及西班牙、波兰、荷兰、爱尔兰等等。
而且在2021年的9月，Facebook更是投入了5000万美元，建立了一个新的基金，用于开发和构建元宇宙。
5000万美元，看似很多，但是相比于元宇宙来说，其实就是九牛一毛。元宇宙涵盖的范围无比的庞大，包括VR，XR以及区块链和人工智能技术等等，可以说是一个无底洞。仅凭一家企业也是很难开发出元宇宙，而且目前在全宇宙领域，我们还缺乏大量的底层技术以及相关的研究。所以元宇宙的落地还有很长的一段路要走。

1. What do you think of Facebook changing its name to Meta?

As one of the world's leading Internet companies, Facebook already has billions of active users. Not only that, Zach Burke's company also owns apps such as WhatsApp and Instagram, which can be regarded as accounting for almost half of the development of the Internet. However, Zuckerberg himself does not seem to be satisfied with this. What he wants is more users and a wider range of users. More advanced Internet technology. To this end, he deliberately changed the company's name to Meta. The word Meta is a Greek word, and its original meaning is "beyond." From this meaning, we can see that Zuckerberg no longer wants to stand still, he wants to transcend everything he has now.

Whether he succeeds or not, Zuckerberg is on a new path. Is it the well-being of mankind or the black hole of technology that lies ahead? He will give us the answer later.

2. What is the "Metaverse" and is the "Metaverse" really a scam?

The "Metaverse" is not a scam. It refers to a world parallel to the real world and at the same time It is an independent virtual space. In other words, it is a real digital virtual world.

"Metaverse" is a very hot topic. Many business giants have joined related fields and have begun to join the "Metaverse" industry. In such a seemingly illusory world, as long as time passes, I believe that the "metaverse" scene will appear in the near future.

The "Metaverse" is a new cyberspace and social form composed of many new technologies. It uses digital technology to create reality. Mirror of the World uses blockchain technology to create an economic system that combines fantasy and reality and allows all users to edit its content. The term "metaverse" first appeared in Stephenson's science fiction novel "Snow Crash". The novel describes another digital world parallel to the current world. There is another virtual self.

The "Metaverse" is not only not a scam, but also promotes the development of the Internet, allowing people to truly feel the wonder of the digital age through virtual reality devices. As long as people put on the device, they can enter the virtual space to socialize with colleagues, and they can even use the "metaverse" to create a virtual world. From then on, humans will become "amphibians" between the real and virtual worlds.

3. Why did the concept of "Metaverse" explode suddenly this year

The concept of "Metaverse" originated from the science fiction novel "Snow Crash" published by American writer Neal Stephenson in 1992 》(Snow Crash). The novel constructs a shared virtual world where real people can live and socialize, and which is parallel to the real world. The concept of the metaverse has become popular again, and its originsFacebook changed its name. Facebook changed its name to Meta Corporation and announced that it would focus on moving to an emerging computing platform centered on virtual reality.

The boundary between games and reality is becoming blurred. The metaverse is not just a game, it is a new path for human society to expand into the digital space. It is a new era of historical significance even like the Age of Discovery, the Age of Industrial Revolution, and the Age of Spaceflight.

4. What is the Metaverse NFT and what is its relationship with the Metaverse

About the Metaverse, we must first make it clear that the Metaverse is not a real world; A virtual digital world. The creators of the metaverse are us humans. So where did the Metaverse come from? In fact, the concept of the metaverse comes from the 1992 science fiction novel "Snow Crash". "Avalanche" describes a world where humans control their own consciousness to complete various tasks. In this world, humans have such a strong sense of immersion that they cannot even tell the difference between the real world and the virtual world. The metaverse we are talking about now is based on this foundation, our inheritance and reproduction of this classic concept.
The foundation for the realization of the Metaverse is the maturity of our blockchain technology, VR, AR and other technologies, as well as the mature layout of related industries. Among the components of the Metaverse, one member is crucial. It can be said that its existence determines whether the economic framework of the Metaverse can be formed, and whether the Metaverse can prosper. Its name is NFT, and its full English name is Non-Fungible Token. When translated into Chinese, it is called non-fungible token. Regarding non-fungible tokens, we can understand it in this way. It is a unique existence and cannot be copied. Moreover, the unit of non-fungible tokens is only 1, which means it can never be divided. This ensures that the assets of the Metaverse Safety.
The most widespread role of NFT in the Metaverse is to provide a mark of ownership of native digital assets. A photo or painting can be used for NFT. As long as NFT exists, there is basically no need to worry about others. Because no matter what, what is yours is yours, and you can quickly find the owner through NFT.

5. What is the metaverse?

Refers to the immersive virtual world, the English Metaverse. This virtual world is composed of 3D technologies such as VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality) and the Internet. Users can experience a different life in the metaverse, or experience a world completely different from the real world. Different from existing online games, the Metaverse can bring players a more realistic experience, allowing players to feel as if they are in a virtual world, and even make it impossible to distinguish between the real and virtual worlds. The Metaverse has also been touted as the ultimate form of the Internet. The movies "The Matrix" and "Ready Player One" are concepts of the Metaverse. The term metaverse first came from the American science fiction novel "Snow Crash". The novel depicts aA virtual world parallel to the real world, the Metaverse.

6. What is the difference between the metaverse and the virtual world?

What exactly is the metaverse?” This concept sounds like virtual reality, and it does incorporate virtual reality, but The two are not exactly the same.
So, what exactly is the Metaverse? Do you need a Facebook-owned VR headset to access the Metaverse?
What is the Metaverse?
The Metaverse The concept of the Metaverse is not a recent invention. However, many people are only now hearing about the Metaverse for the first time.
The term first appeared in Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel Snow Crash. In the novel , the Metaverse is a virtual shared space that blends virtual reality, augmented reality, and the Internet.
The concept of the Metaverse announced by Facebook and other technology companies seems to be very similar to the above description. Although its exact definition seems to vary from person to person Different, but it is basically a new version of the Internet that puts more emphasis on the virtual world.
Unlike using a browser to access websites, users will have the option to use VR virtual reality and AR augmented reality to enter the virtual world to obtain information in the future.
Metaverse VS Virtual Reality: What’s the Difference?
As long as you’ve read anything about the Metaverse, it’s hard to ignore its many similarities to virtual reality. However, there are some important differences between the two The difference.
If you want to understand the difference between virtual reality and the metaverse, here are the six main differences between the two:
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Virtual reality is well defined, and the metaverse Otherwise
The most significant difference between virtual reality and the metaverse is that virtual reality is well-defined, while the metaverse is poorly defined.
According to Mark Zuckerberg, the metaverse is "A concrete Internet world where users don't just browse content, but are immersed in it." Microsoft described it in a recent statement as "a persistent digital world composed of the digitization of people, places, and things." "Composed of a body".
Zuckerberg introduced: Facebook changed its name to Meta
Compared with our understanding of virtual reality, these descriptions are quite vague. It is also possible that these technology companies themselves do not have a complete understanding of the Metaverse. Definition.
According to Facebook, the company name change was a necessary move to build the Metaverse, and they wanted a name that better represented what they were working on. But it was certainly not the only legitimate reason to do so. Facebook was going through Image crisis.
It can also be said that the metaverse is just a buzzword used to describe the technological progress of the existing Internet.
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Does not belong to any company
About Another potential problem with the Metaverse is who gets to define it.
As Oculus RifThe owner of t, Facebook Inc. plays an important role in the development of virtual reality technology. But at the same time, they are just one company in the huge industry of VR.

7. How many children have been ruined by metaverse games

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This concept is very popular recently -

Facebook changed its name to Meta to welcome the Metaverse, and Douyin’s Metaverse up master "Liu Yexi" gained a lot of money with two videos 2 million fans, and even teacher Luo Yonghao mentioned that his next entrepreneurial project will be the Yuanverse...

Then the question arises——

What exactly is the Metaverse?

How will it develop in the future? What is the final form?

Why is it said that the biggest risk in the Metaverse at present is policy risk?

Why do we say it might destroy the world?

Is there any way to avoid its destruction of humanity?

This article will answer the above questions. I hope it can upgrade your understanding of the world, help you better predict the development trends of human society, and find the best solutions for each subsequent stage. Key technologies and applications.

Let’s take a look at the first question: What is the Metaverse?

The concept of "Metaverse" comes from the science fiction novel "Snow Crash". Simply put, it is a virtual world.

In this world, users can connect everything and perform many operations that are impossible in the physical world.

In science fiction works, the metaverse will be richer: for example, like in "Ready Player One", VR glasses are used to interact with other individuals -

However, the metaverse is not It will not just stay at the "hype" level, it has strong scalability.

The metaverse of the future may be like the movie "Chappie" or "Transcendence". We can upload our consciousness to the Internet, and then we can live completely without the physical body. In the metaverse.

Everyone is usually very excited when hearing such a cyberpunk concept, but I want to bring everyone back to reality a little bit:

Because after a few steps of deduction, we It was found that when it reaches the fourth stage of development, the Metaverse is likely to make humans stagnate and even destroy the world.

Next we can take a look at the subsequent development of the Metaverse.

Currently, it seems that we are still in the first stage -

Phase 1

Virtual Metaverse️

The Metaverse is actually Replicating human sensory experiences in the real world.

At first, due to equipment limitations (only computers and mobile phones), we could only reproduce oneA visual and auditory experience.

Like the game I have introduced in detail before, everything is possible in that metaverse: players can open a bank, speculate in land, hold meetings... This game even successfully predicted the financial future in 2008. Crisis, if you are interested, you can read my previous articles.

Chung Anshe, a Chinese-German player, is a teacher in real life, but has made millions of dollars by speculating on real estate in the game. His avatar has even appeared in Fortune and Business Week. Magazine cover.

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There are also the later popular Roblox, Minecraft, Moore Manor, Animal Crossing, etc...

As mentioned before , all role-playing games can be said to be the predecessor of the "Metaverse".

In recent years, the development of technology has allowed us to better replicate the real-world experience——

Based on the technologies mentioned above, we can Receive, process, transmit, and output sensory information faster.

Let’s focus on the VR terminals responsible for information output. Their role is to reproduce the experience of the five senses——

At present, our simulation of vision and hearing has Relatively mature.

In terms of tactile sensation, there is currently a full-body tactile experience suite, Teslasuit, similar to that in "Ready Player One", which can simulate touch through electrical stimulation.

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In terms of smell, there is a product called OhRoma that can simulate the smell of gunpowder smoke in war, the rotten smell when zombies attack, and the body scent of girls when they approach (actually …This product is designed for pornographic websites) etc.

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With the development of disciplines such as chemistry and materials science, it is theoretically possible to synthesize corresponding gaseous solids in the future to simulate more olfactory experiences and even taste.

At that time, we will enter a metaverse that can restore almost all sensory experiences in the real world.

However, after all, everything is just a "simulation", and it is still difficult to perfectly reproduce all sensory experiences.

At this time, we will try to enter "Phase 2".

Phase 2

Brain Connected to the Metaverse

I have mentioned the "brain in a vat" experiment before when I popularized science.

Human feelings are actually "deceptions" of the brain: and since brain signals are all electrical signals, we can completely convert brain signals into a language that computers can understand, and conversely, we can also convert computer signals into Converted into electrical signals that the brain can perceive.

In this way, we can simulate the feeling of eating with a piece of code.

For example, the brain-computer interface technology that Musk has been researching in recent years is working hard to overcome these issues.

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With the development of technology, in the future we may completelyThere is no need for external devices such as VR glasses, and the sensory experience brought about by the real world can be perfectly reproduced directly through electrical signals.

However, there is still a problem: our eating, drinking, and diarrhea still have to be completed in the real world, and humans cannot be completely disconnected from the real world.

One solution is a scene similar to the movie "The Matrix": all human flesh is properly preserved and life functions are maintained through nutrient solution -

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There is also the ethical issue of "two pills" behind this: Is "truth" important?

Anyway, even if the ethical issues are solved and everyone is willing to choose to live and work in the metaverse, there are still problems that cannot be solved: aging and death.

At this time, humans will try to enter the next stage of the metaverse -

Phase 3

The metaverse of consciousness

As With the development of whole-brain simulation technology and artificial intelligence technology, in the future, if we can directly upload human consciousness to the server like "Chappie" or "Transcendental Hack", and at the same time allow consciousness to have self-computing capabilities, then we Can leave the physical body and live completely in the metaverse, completely evolving into a silicon-based creature.

And our consciousness can be copied infinitely and spread to various servers around the world.

There are many philosophical discussions, so I won’t go into them today.

If you are interested, you can read WaitButWhy’s article "What Makes You You?".

Anyway, assuming that consciousness itself is "I", then on the premise that consciousness can be backed up, as long as there is no extreme situation such as a global disaster event causing the entire network to be disconnected and the database to be completely destroyed, in theory, We can all achieve "eternal life".

But there is still a problem: people will no longer be happy.

This may be a bit counterintuitive, let me explain -

The reason why everyone likes the concept of the metaverse is that it can get rid of many restrictions of the real world.

For example, due to space limitations, we can achieve instant movement in the metaverse.

We can also get rid of the time limit. Many actions can have immediate feedback, without waiting at all.

If our consciousness can be uploaded to the metaverse, we can even change our perception of the passage of time by increasing the calculation speed - just as Liu Cixin described in her debut novel "China 2185", "Virtual humans" spent 600 years of evolution in two hours.

There are also law restrictions - in the metaverse we can do many things that violate the laws of physics and biology. For example, you can fly or float, even if you are hit by a car or stabbed with a sword, you will not be able to do anything. Will "die" in the true sense.

Photo/Mark Zuckerberg via FB

And more importantly, in the metaverse, theoretically you have no resource limitations -

You can have unlimited resources, you can own countless suites, countless luxury cars, and countless famous brands. Baobao...

As long as computing resources allow, everyone can even have their own metaverse and become the "god" of their own universe.

Then the question comes -

Since there are almost no restrictions, why is it "no longer happy"?

This is because the source of happiness lies in the "expectation difference".

You can do almost anything, you can get whatever you want, and you won’t have the feeling of “not getting what you want.”

Even if you get everything, you will take it for granted.

And there is another consequence of uploading consciousness: our calculation speed and accuracy have become stronger, and the probability of "accidents" is very small.

In other words, our "expectations" have become extremely accurate, which is also the reason why there is no expectation difference.

People who realize this will begin to enter the next stage -

Phase 4

Twin Metaverse

In order to create expectations Otherwise, we will begin to set limits on ourselves to a certain extent, replicating various laws in the real world: physics, economics... to create a mirror image of the real world, which is the "digital twin" that we often hear.

The simplest way is to add random numbers.

Just like playing a game to draw props, playing European King will not make people addicted. With random variables, there will naturally be surprises and expected differences.

Of course, we can also set limits on ourselves so that resources are no longer unlimited (but this also loses most of the charm of the metaverse).

For example, we can use what I have popularized before to make the virtual items in the metaverse have scarcity attributes.

This essentially means that resources can no longer be copied casually and infinitely, so that the economic laws in the real world can also be replicated in the metaverse.

Of course, these methods will actually start to happen at an earlier stage. For example, NFT has been hyped several times in recent years.

However, there are still two fatal problems at this stage, which may even make humans no longer creative.

The first problem is that time resources cannot be limited.

After uploading consciousness, human beings have achieved "eternal life".

Although we will set limits on ourselves to allow economic laws to reappear, we are unlikely to allow time resources to be compressed.

After all, from an ethical point of view, depriving a person of his remaining time is equivalent to actively "killing" him.

What will humans do once they have near-infinite life?

"Pop Squad" (Population Police) in the second season of Netflix's "Love to Death" gives the answer-human beings will lose their will to innovate.

DramaThere is a female character in the film, she is a singer, and she has been practicing a certain solo for the past 20 years.

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Because she has unlimited time and has tried and failed enough times, "from 0 to 1" or even "from 1 to 100" works. Okay, so I will focus more on the "from 100 to 101" level.

By the way, "reproducing offspring" will become less important at this time. You can even have offspring with NPC (artificial intelligence), but it is probably just to experience the fun of being a parent.

Anyway, the pace of human innovation will indeed slow down.

Of course, you can also say that although it is slowing down, it is still progressing; and time resources are almost unlimited, so in the long run, human beings are still developing.

At this time we will also face another problem - information cocoon room.

The development of human knowledge requires the input of information to produce the output of wisdom.

In the metaverse, the input source of information will be limited to the metaverse (plus the earth) itself, which will limit the expansion of the boundaries of human knowledge and form an information cocoon.

Of course, self-evolution itself can also have output: because our processing of original data will obtain new information and generate new cognitions and insights.

But these are only information generated by human activities.

What’s even more frightening is that once there is enough computing power, everyone can load all known human knowledge into their consciousness, then each individual’s input will be the same and the processing mechanism will be the same (because the processing mechanism is (determined by the input information), so that the output of each individual will be the same.

This will give birth to the "unified consciousness" mentioned in many science fiction novels.

The beauty of diversity will no longer exist.

Then the question is - how to break the situation?

After humans thoroughly understand the metaverse and the earth, they still have a need to expand the boundaries of knowledge.

At this time, we need to break the information cocoon and find input from outside the earth.

Just like this sentence I saw in the ArtScience Musuem (ArtScience Museum) in Singapore——

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The translation is "Science is what the universe wants to tell humans, while art is what humans want to tell the universe."

So there has been a debate between the so-called "spaceship faction" and the "metaverse faction" in the past——< /p>

In the end, is the future of mankind heading toward alien colonization? Or will it become a server operating underground?

If it is the latter, then if a meteor comes over, human beings will probably be annihilated.

This is what many science fiction novelists and futurists, including Mr. Liu Cixin, are worried about; it is also the underlying logic of the "metaverse may destroy the world" I mentioned at the beginning.

No coincidence,Buzz Aldrin, the second man to land on the moon, also complained: "You promised to colonize Mars, but now all I get is Facebook."

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Would you choose to join the "Spaceship Faction"? Or is it the "Metaverse Sect"?

Finally, I want to say that these two factions are not actually contradictory.

This is like the relationship between investment and consumption.

As Fisher said, "Investment is balanced consumption in the time dimension." In other words, investment is actually future consumption.

Similarly, the "Spaceship Faction" is broadening the sources of information, while the "Metaverse Faction" is making better use of and processing existing information.

The two are not contradictory and can be both.

It’s just that we can’t spend all our money on consumption, we should still invest part of it.

As usual, I will summarize it with a picture——

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Main Creator/ Xiao Jing, @ Fox君raphael, once worked in McKinsey’s financial institutions group, and also worked as a freelancer at Google and VC. He is a columnist for Wall Street News, 36 Krypton, Sina Finance, Southern Weekend, Linkedin and other media. He is the author of the best-selling books "Pigs on the Wind" and "Cashless Era".

8. Facebook announced a name change and transformed from social media to a "Yuanverse" company. What is the company's business philosophy?

Facebook's business philosophy is to focus on efficiency, move quickly, Be bold and enterprising, be open and open, and create social value. This is what their boss Zuckerberg said personally.

The news that Facebook will recently change its name is very popular in the technology and financial circles, because this American social enterprise giant has great influence, and its every move can affect the entire capital market. So people are paying close attention to this matter, especially the big guys in the financial circle. They want to find out what Zuckerberg wants to do, so that they can know whether they should invest in Facebook., as this will affect their future earnings. The big guys in the technology circle are also paying attention to Zuckerberg because they want to know Zuckerberg's purpose so that they can compete with them and seize their market.

Three: What is my personal opinion on this?

My personal opinion of Facebook is not very good, because they once launched a malicious competition against Douyin for the market, and then still lost. Therefore, I think Zuckerberg’s move is a risky one and he may end up killing himself.

9. What is the Metaverse?

The Metaverse generally refers to the Metaverse. Metaverse is a collection of virtual time and space, consisting of a series of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). and the Internet.

Metavers are composed of Meta and Verse. Meta means transcendence, and verse means universe. Together they usually represent the next stage of the Internet, virtual reality supported by AR, VR, 3D and other technologies. Internet.

Virtual reality technology includes computers, electronic information, and simulation technologies. Its basic implementation method is to simulate a virtual environment with a computer to give people a sense of immersion in the environment. With the continuous development of social productivity and science and technology, the demand for VR technology in all walks of life is increasingly strong. VR technology has also made great progress and gradually become a new field of science and technology.

Classification according to the perspective of system functions

System functions are divided into planning and design, display and entertainment, training and drills, etc. The planning and design system can be used for experimental verification of new facilities, which can significantly shorten the research and development time, reduce design costs, and improve design efficiency. It can be used in urban drainage, community planning and other fields. For example, VR simulated water supply and drainage systems can significantly reduce the number of applications that were originally required. Funding for experimental verification.

Display entertainment systems are suitable for providing users with realistic viewing experiences, such as digital museums, large-scale 3D interactive games, film and television production, etc. For example, VR technology was used by Disney to shoot special effects movies as early as the 1970s. ; Training and drill systems can be used in various hazardous environments and in areas where operating objects are difficult to obtain or where practical operation costs are extremely high, such as surgical training, space station maintenance training, etc.

Reference for the above content: Network-VR, Network-Metaverse

10. Facebook will recruit 10,000 employees to develop the Metaverse. What exactly is the Metaverse

The Metaverse seemed to explode overnight. But in fact, the metaverse originally originated from a novel in 1992, namely "Snow Crash". So what exactly is the Metaverse? Metaverse in English is metaverse. If interpreted separately, it means transcendence and universe respectively, which means to create an artificial virtual space parallel to the real universe.
2021 becomes the first year of the Metaverse, which is whereIn 1 year, major domestic and foreign giants have laid out their plans for the Metaverse in order to gain greater advantages. Facebook even changed its name to meta in a high-profile manner, and its development concept has also changed from a social company to a metaverse company. Zuckerberg even said that the existence of the metaverse will subvert everything now.
Zuckerberg is even planning to build a Metaverse company within 5 years. In order to achieve his goal, he plans to recruit 10,000 employees to work on his vision of the metaverse. Of course, the technical content of the employees here is very high. Its recruitment targets include Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands, Ireland, etc.
And in September 2021, Facebook invested US$50 million to establish a new fund to develop and build the Metaverse.
50 million US dollars may seem like a lot, but compared to the Metaverse, it is actually a drop in the bucket. The metaverse covers an extremely huge range, including VR, XR, blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies, etc. It can be said to be a bottomless pit. It is difficult for just one company to develop the Metaverse, and currently we still lack a large amount of underlying technology and related research in the entire universe. Therefore, there is still a long way to go before the Yuan Universe comes to fruition.