The "super universe" is on fire. What the hell is this?

Recently, many people have asked me what the metauniverse is.

Yes, this concept is very popular. Let me talk about my understanding and opinion. Many people are amazed and even puzzled by this concept. The main reason is the translation of "Metauniverse". The root of meta can be translated into "meta" and "super". However, these two kinds of translation are applicable to completely different situations. The translation of "meta" is usually used to talk about essence, such as metadata, metadata. In the code of a web page, the top data is called metadata, which is a simplification and abstraction of the whole web page data, that is, "data about data". The translation of "super" is usually used to talk about extension, such as meta-physics, super physics. That is, we are used to saying "metaphysics". Politics and ideology are knowledge beyond the real world and physics. Metauniverse is not about the universe, but a universe beyond reality. So "beyond the universe" is a more accurate translation. It means that because of the development of VR/AR/MR technology, we have a virtual universe outside the real universe. The virtual universe "extends" or "transcends" the real universe, which is called "hyperuniverse". In the Chinese context, the translation of "metauniverse" is easily understood as "the universe in the universe" and "the real universe", which is misleading. However, everyone calls the metauniverse a metauniverse, and we will call it a metauniverse in the following. The biggest promoter of the hyperuniverse is facebook. Why? Because Zuckerberg had a heavy position in VR (Virtual Reality) a few years ago. All life needs a name, and then it can bear the gaze and expectation of people around it and thrive. Zuckerberg borrowed and gave what he saw, the future based on VR, a cool name "Hyperuniverse", and this future immediately shone. However, the defects of VR have not been quickly solved because of the new name. There are still many ways to go from the present of VR to the future of metauniverse (such as The Matrix, Second Life, Ready Player One);

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1) sensory extension. Today, all our sensory experiences that can be transmitted on the Internet are rich, but there are actually only two kinds: sight and hearing. These two sensory experiences cannot form a meta-universe. We also need touch, smell and taste. At least touch. Tactile gloves, or full-body tactile tights, are the infrastructure of the universe. Otherwise, it is difficult for you to get the so-called real experience.

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2) Meta-economics. If Metauniverse wants to become a reality, it needs to rely on a large number of contributors outside facebook to join. These contributors must be rewarded. Therefore, a set of self-consistent economics is needed in the meta-universe. How do you trade? Is private ownership strictly protected? Single currency or multiple currencies? Is there a central bank? Can assets in the hyperuniverse be exchanged with the real world? And between RMB and USD, how to keep the exchange rate stable?

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3) Who supervises the Hyperuniverse? If the Hyperuniverse is an economy, does it need to establish diplomatic relations with all countries in the world? Or is he protected by international treaties such as Antarctica? A controversy was discovered in the hyperuniverse. Will it be solved by an organization affiliated to the United Nations? If the metauniverse is a game, not an economy, then which country's laws govern this game? These problems are very complicated, especially involving the regulatory restrictions of various countries. Simply put, the hyperuniverse (real universe+virtual universe) may indeed be that future, but it is still far away from us. If this remoteness affects the rise and fall of "concept stocks", then everyone must only see the meta-universe in their own imagination.