Topic: Am I the only one who loves BTC but hates the Metaverse idea and the NFTs? - page 5. (Read 704 times)

No, you are not alone in that. I mean, to each his own, and we have to take some things into consideration. Even though we think the METAverse is a dumb idea, younger generations might not. Just think how the generation before us (you) thought about our generation and its technological achievements. The other thing to consider is the SF thought experiment that solves the Fermi Paradox, and that is that advanced species in the universe, rather than venturing outward into space, actually go inward into a simulated reality.

As for NFTs...it's just irritating that they are throwing NFTs at anything to see what sticks.

Unlike before,  now there is what they called play-2-earn, gamers can now spend time playing games and earn money in return, people spend thousands to buy PlayStation to play games for nothing (all for the fun of it) they spend real cash to buy in-game items before without getting anything in return, but with metaverse introducing the p2e idea, the narrative is changing, it is possible to actually earn something, if you see it as a waste of time, know that it didn't start from metaverse, because most metaverse projects are game related and gaming has been in existence way back when I don't see what is bad in it,
But I do think nft are overhyped, I can't imagine spending so much money on digital art, I guess art lovers don't have a problem with that.

metaverse is simply a replacement of webpages for interactive shopping mall(3d RPG).

retailers would buy 'land' so they can design virtual retail stores that can do more then a real world brick and mortar store can do aesthetically.

obviously having certain retail 'land' in suitable locations can become its own real estate.
EG there can be female fashion, jewellery, perfumes, soaps shopping mall.. and have 100 female centered retailers in one server(gamezone)
and more male centered retailers in a separate zone

its not about buying 'in game' artifacts. its about viewing ingame artifacts that represent real world products, where you can buy the item 'ingame' which translates to a real world product getting delivered to your house.

replace ebay item images which you click on to add to cart, with instead a 3d rendered model that you put in your backpack. and the same applies. you pay for the item seen on the web and the real world good gets delivered.

the whole nft stuff is so that for instance pepsi can render a 3d model of a case of bottles. and t-shirts. and then licence who can sell pepsi official items to certain retailers. whereby the retailers are also ordering real world cases of bottles from pepsi to sell to customers that 'click' on a 3d render and pay for it.

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yes people can also create their own items to sell.. much like interior designers create displays for retailer and get paid for it.
yes people can also create their own items to sell.. much like any craftsman can create their own wares and products to sell to customers

Just like you, I also have no interest in investing in virtual things like that, we don't know if the metaverse can last long or if it's just hype that will be replaced by other hype in the future, instead of having to buy property in the virtual world, of course it would be better for us to invest property in real world , because in the end all of us who are here must be faced with real life not virtual.

I don't have a good grasp on it but I feel the metaverse could just be the Minecraft of the past - both will probably keep growing.

In game and art nfts are fine and useful. Paying $180+ to play a game is probably not what anyone would consider too reasonable though or buying some land for a few $k.

I think people are searching for a modern day version of netflix/amazon/bitcoin/ethereum and falling at it.

These are broader concepts in the overall development of blockchain technologies. Not only glasses and idle pastime. Another and necessary step in the development of a new financial and artistic Internet.

Sure you are not the only one. Many crypto i vestors dont stray themselves into losing BTC by investing in NFT or piece of Meta land, I'm sure its just hype. There were already crypto developments like this before such as the kitties and they died. We didnt call them NFT back then.

I'm already satisfied playing i  the market trading but theres also one that I'm interested the Play to earn games which is part of the metaverse. If I want my kid not to get involve in a wrong crowd, metaverse will be good. Learn to make money and be independent.

I don't have it, I can't access it and I don't know how other people have implemented it either. The benefits are also not that great, Metaverse is just a game world from Mark madness. So in general we don't really care what's in the Metaverse, it's for them and to keep their big business going. We can't be as big as Mark to go crazy in the Metaverse world. it's too scary to spend time with VR which reduces real-world interactions.

I am also not a fan of NFT, at least as far as its current state is concerned, and the rising metaverse.

The cyber space is already here. Metaverse is not really a breakthrough or a timely or useful innovation. It is nothing but a mere fad or a novelty in the huge online world.

As far as non-fungible tokens are concerned, perhaps we could find real-life uses to them. For example, we could keep records such as land titles, ownership certificates, and the likes in the form of NFTs. But the way NFTs are being exploited right now seems to make no sense at all. It is mostly associated with artworks that are not really inspiring or creative or simply devoid of artistry, even stolen or whose original idea is taken from existing artworks.

I don't find any real usability for this Metaverse: actually I think it will only make people and society dumber and closer to the Idiocracy movie. Spending time online wearing some stupid glasses it's a no no for me. Also the NFTs are a waste of time and money, I wouldn't buy useless digital shoes and buildings. I love BTC and have diamond hands but these 2 things I'm not a fan of and I know I will never be. Society needs to become wiser not dumber. Living in a digital realm sucks, I'm a human being not a stupid machine. Rant over.