Apple, Roblox, and Niantic are nowhere to be seen.
So having them absent from a standards body is bad news for that body.
The goal of making the metaverse interoperable is good, but do we really know what the metaverse is?
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A virtual world where everybodys interactions can be surveilled 100% is obviously right up Zucks alley.
“However, the current hardware, graphical interfaces, and content are lackluster at best.
Pokemon Gois a great example of AR on a phone.
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Holding up a phone to view Pokemons overlaid on the real world was not a hindrance at all.
In fact, it was part of the appealyou dont have to do anything you dont do already.
Perhaps this is whyPokemon Gomaker Niantic is staying out of the new Metaverse Standards Forum.
Apple has no problems contributing to standards when it suits it.
