Greenland unveiled his vision of metaverse and, the least we can say is that the criticism is as acerbic and realistic as it is hilarious, See for yourself. If you could escape for a moment and adopt a lifestyle of a higher standard in virtual reality, would that be enough for you? By extrapolating, if France offered each Frenchman the Meta Quest Pro at 50 €, with a Horizon Worlds worthy of the name, would you be more inclined to accept that your reality suffers ?
The idea is as old as the world, although smoothly carried out by the teams of Greenland. This idea of ”entertaining” oneself, of creating a “diversion”, to the point of forgetting or trying to escape the harsh reality has never ceased to be at the heart of the debatesbringing with it literature, radio, cinema, television, video games, series and now the metaverse. Let’s also not forget that the question is central in the film Ready Player One.
Addiction issues (the term addiction being scientifically incorrect) could multiply with social platforms in the near future. We can only recommend that you have a balanced lifestyle and experience, in order to better understand and defend the “real” world you want.
Like the central character of episode 8 of the fourth dimensionfeaturing a literature enthusiast who has nothing to do with reality, reality might catch up with you as well as it did with him at the end of the episode.
If you want to sublimate your reality, know that you can always offer yourself a Meta Quest 2 to the Fnac, Darty or Amazon for €449.99. On the other hand, if the PICO 4 catches your eye and you are patient given the break, you can order the 256 GB models (499 €) or 128 GB (429 €) on Amazon.