I`m already sick of this latest tech fad.
This past week, everybody`s favorite robotic tech personality Mark Zuckerberg announced that he`s rebranding Facebook Inc to `Meta` in reference to the company`s new `metaverse` focus. The announcement spawned a wave of intrigue in the idea, although, really, it`s not exactly a new concept.
I saw a tweet `leak` today that proclaimed `MICROSOFT IS DEVELOPING METAVERSE APPS FOR XBOX,` which had me rolling my eyes. Specifically, the company announced Mesh which includes personalized avatars and mixed reality. This latest hype completely glosses over the fact that Microsoft already owns some of the largest services in this category, the biggest known to most of us as Minecraft.
Wait, what? Minecraft is a metaverse app?! Yes, yes it is.
Minecraft is one of the only games on Earth that allows cross-platform play between VR, phones, consoles, and PCs. It has a user-generated content platform (also known as UGC), where modding companies make lite...
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