The Metaverse is a decentralized digital world where people can freely participate and live together with independent identities.
The heated discussions on the Internet about immersive experience VR/AR are just some of the many interactive methods in the metaverse. Other interactive methods can also be mobile phones, computers, tablets, cars, etc., which seem ordinary and ordinary. thing.
Let’s talk about why the current Internet is not a metaverse and what are the problems?
It seems that we all have digital identities online, such as Weibo, WeChat, Zhihu accounts, etc., but these identities seem to rely on real individuals in the physical world. They are just reflections of real people. It can be regarded as a digital account. The “independent identity” mentioned by Metaverse means that these digital identities should exist independently of physical identities, at least not strongly mapped. A person can have multiple independent digital identities at the same time. We actually have these digital identities. Without dominance, we can only play according to the rules of the platform. Enjoying rights and assuming obligations are realized by our physical individuals, not the digital identity. We don’t have the right to make rules. Weibo is going to ban you and block your account today. There is nothing you can do about it. In the “decentralized” world that the Metaverse calls “free participation”, everyone can formulate their own unique gameplay. As long as others are also interested, others can freely participate in your Metaverse, thus Form a consensus.
The realization elements of the metaverse, the realization elements of the decentralized metaverse are the decentralized identity system and value system. Decentralization is the most critical basic design pattern of the Metaverse and a necessary condition. It can be said that all centralized projects that claim to be the metaverse are pseudo-metaverses. Taking the games that are mentioned a lot in the media and online as an example, many people think that Metaverse is just some advanced game. Although there are different digital identities in different games, due to the emergence of economic activities such as the equipment market and the sparring and monster-fighting service market, there seems to be an identity system and a value system. However, these game companies are all centralized. Whether it is game rules, game accounts, game assets, etc., all it takes is a decision from the game company to make you lose everything overnight. However, as a “digital world”, the Metaverse should not be restricted by any individual or organization and has no super privileges. The establishment and long-term activity of the Metaverse is established through consensus. Everyone votes with their feet and only participates in some metaverses that they recognize. Once a metaverse deteriorates, a metaverse with different rules can be immediately derived. Those who are willing to stay can stay, and those who are willing to leave can leave at will. The cost should be extremely low. There are many game companies that claim to be building a metaverse. They put “immersive experience” first and vigorously develop VR/AR and so on. These can be considered more advanced games at best, not the Metaverse. Immersive experience is not a requirement for realizing the Metaverse. Some games are just for making money, let alone the metaverse. They are just money pool games or even scams. To realize the metaverse, necessary technical conditions chain (especially NFT), block decentralization is a necessary condition for the metaverse, and the technology to achieve decentralization is the blockchain, especially NFT technology.
Don’t think only of currency speculation when you see blockchain; don’t think only of illegal activities when you think of currency speculation. Don’t just think of hype when you see NFT; don’t just think of bubbles when you see hype. If there is decay in the heart, everything will be decayed. If there is prosperity in the heart, everything will be prosperous. Why 2021 is called the first year of the Metaverse? It is precisely because blockchain NFT technology only became popular this year, making the Metaverse that everyone has fantasized about for decades possible.
NFT (Non Fungible Token) de-homogenization certificate is a digital asset confirmation technology product based on blockchain. Based on the blockchain, it is decentralized and cannot be tampered with, that is, it can completely prove the ownership of a certain digital asset without the recognition of any government, institution or individual. For example, properties in the Metaverse are NFTs. In the real world, when we have to prove the ownership of a property, it is usually proved by the government (i.e., a centralized institution), which can hinder your free transactions at will; even like those war-torn countries in the Middle East, it is difficult for you to even know a certain property. Ownership of real estate (because even the government fell). As long as the blockchain network exists, it can prove it for you and you can trade freely. When we can safely confirm rights and exchange value online, we will truly have safe assets online, and it will truly become a place where we can live. If you are interested, you can check out OpenSea, SuperRare and other platforms. A fallacy that easily occurs here is that “as long as it is digital, it can be copied at will and has no value.” The first half of this sentence is correct. Technically speaking, data can be copied at will, but what is copied lacks consensus. Only data with consensus is valuable. For example, you can copy a blockchain at will, but if no one If it cannot be used and a consensus can be formed, it has no value. In other words, copied things cannot take away the original value unless you provide new features to attract others to use your new product, so the second half of the sentence is wrong.
Regarding immersive experience, I have been denying the necessity of immersive experience in the metaverse throughout this article. However, this does not mean that immersive experience is not important. Only with immersive experience can the Metaverse be more perfect, and only then can we live in the Metaverse more thoroughly.
