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Alright, as the children's book says “Alice, get your strap-on, it's time to see how deep this hole is” That's right, we're taking both the red pill and the blue pill which means we're not going anywhere at all. So strap in ... oh yeah, that's right, it's strap in, not strap on, oh well ... and let's take the plunge down the rabbit hole.

Let's start by looking at all the hype that has been around the Metaverse. Now, I might not be doing credit to everyone, but I get amazed at the lack of imagination all of the big corporations that talk about the Metaverse have. Creating shitty digital spaces with shitty digital stores where you can by the same shit that you can buy in the real world. Why the fuck would I want to go into that metaverse? I might as well stay in the real world and deal with the shit here. If I went into the metaverse I want it to be an experience and an experience of my choice. What if I want to explore like I'm an alien with tentacles or be a dog for a day? I certainly don't need a pair of brand name sneakers do I? Now, I might be alone in this, but I keep hearing that the current generation and gen Alpha are all about experiences. And I get it. As someone who hasn't really clung on to material items, I think experiences and memories are far more valuable. But to get those experiences and memories, I don't need to see the same things I see in my daily life. That's just living.

Now, consider if I could create an environment of my choosing. What if I wanted to create a Disney-like experience for children? What if I can share my environments with my friends, create adventures. Now that, that is a metaverse I can get behind.

This is one of the greatest things that AI offers and the release this week of Nvidia's Omniverse along with Unreal Engine's stuff starts to get us closer to that. Worlds and realities can be created on the fly. Now, if we combine this with VR technology that incorporates sensory stimulation along the ability to read brain patterns and thoughts, I can just plug in and the world of my choice will be there for me. Is this really that far away? I don't think it is. While I think AGI is a long way off and may not even be possible, I think the ability to create a forever adapting metaverse is a very real opportunity. Now, who funds it is a big question as the thing I love about this the most is that how are you going to copyright it? Going to the post I made about the legal claims against the text to image AI, if we progress this capability, you can't hit me with a copyright claim on my thoughts. All the AI is doing is putting my thoughts into a quasi reality.

And the verse? Well the verse is very well known and one we'll keep coming back to. “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” ...