To me and everyone around me the Metaverse was immediately clear to be a massive flop. First of all, before the Metaverse neither me or any of my tech friends did even know that anyone was still investing into VR. When we heard about Facebook pivoting to the Metaverse we all were like "what? why would you invest into a technology which has been widely rejected already?". It's like Facebook investing in 3D TVs, which had a short blip in the market but then died off, because fundamentally nobody cared about 3D TVs. I don't know anyone who is even remotely excited about VR let alone the Metaverse.
This became even more obvious when shortly after Facebook's pivot nobody, I mean like absolutely nobody was searching or reading up on VR news. It's a topic that people just don't care. They don't want VR in their life. People want more REALITY in their life, not less. Especially after COVID.
On the other hand, AI has sparked everyone's imagination. Only a few weeks ago I showed my wife ChatGPT and we used it for some work she had to do in her field (medicine) and she was completely amazed by it. She's got her own account with OpenAI now and uses it for a variety of things already. My wife is the most non tech person ever. This to me is a strong indication that AI has not even scratched on the surface of its potential.
This became even more obvious when shortly after Facebook's pivot nobody, I mean like absolutely nobody was searching or reading up on VR news. It's a topic that people just don't care. They don't want VR in their life. People want more REALITY in their life, not less. Especially after COVID.
On the other hand, AI has sparked everyone's imagination. Only a few weeks ago I showed my wife ChatGPT and we used it for some work she had to do in her field (medicine) and she was completely amazed by it. She's got her own account with OpenAI now and uses it for a variety of things already. My wife is the most non tech person ever. This to me is a strong indication that AI has not even scratched on the surface of its potential.