[x3d-public] What is the metaverse?

[John Carlson]

MR used to be a derogatory term.  Not preferred.

John

On Fri, May 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM Christoph Valentin via x3d-public <
x3d-public at web3d.org> wrote:

> Correction:
>
> I mean, MR does not "extend" reality, it's just a special part of reality,
> which deals with immersive, interactive, multiuser story telling, command
> and control
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> Am 02.05.25, 13:41 schrieb Christoph Valentin via x3d-public <x3d-public@
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>> The "metaverse" is the thing, that is perceived by the user, but that's
>> nothing, that must be specified
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>> Am 02.05.25, 13:33 schrieb Christoph Valentin via x3d-public <x3d-public@
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>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I like "mixed reality = virtual reality + real reality".
>>>
>>> I mean, VR does not "extend" reality, it's just a special part of
>>> reality, which deals with immersive, interactive story telling, command and
>>> control
>>>
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>>> Am 30.04.25, 20:33 schrieb John Carlson via x3d-public <x3d-public@
>>> web3d.org>:
>>>>
>>>> I kind of like “Spatial Internet” is to Metaverse/World as Internet is
>>>> to Website.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps “extended-reality” would be better than “virtual-reality.”
>>>> Meaning we’ve extended beyond mere VR into other accessible media including
>>>> the passive and active external environments.
>>>>
>>>> This means that real objects with behaviors can be brought into each
>>>> metaverse, and many metaverses can be viewed in the metaverse, and state
>>>> can transfer between metaverses via the external environments.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> XRML anyone?
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM Joe D Williams via x3d-public <
>>>> x3d-public at web3d.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This XR idea of our blossoming metaverse to integrate
>>>>> realtime Spatial anchors and assets of the current reality
>>>>> with realtime Scene anchors and assets of the current virtuality
>>>>> means the metaverse definition of our Immersive Web
>>>>> needs to be extended.
>>>>>
>>>>> From Google Dictionary
>>>>> (Current) Definition from Oxford Languages ·
>>>>> met·a·verse
>>>>> /ˈmedəˌvərs/
>>>>> noun Computing
>>>>>
>>>>> "a virtual-reality space in which users can interact with
>>>>> a computer-generated environment and other users"
>>>>>
>>>>> New Extended Candidate:
>>>>> metaverse or webiverse or webimetaverse, or whatever, you get the
>>>>> idea.
>>>>>
>>>>> "a virtual-reality space in which a user can interact with
>>>>> the real external environment,
>>>>> a computer-generated environment,
>>>>> and other real and virtual users"
>>>>>
>>>>> All Good for the WWW,
>>>>> Joe
>>>>>
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