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Issue: 21.4 (July/August 2023)
Author: Marc Zeedar
Author Bio: Marc taught himself programming in high school when he bought his first computer but had no money for software. He's had fun learning ever since.
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Here I share links to interesting programming-related articles from around the web. Note that these may not have anything to do with Xojo, and I don't necessarily advocate the opinions shared—I simply think they're worth reading for a broader perspective.
Get Ready for the Battle of the Metaverses
Steven Levy (
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-get-ready-for-the-battle-of-the-metaverses/ )
Excerpt: It will be fascinating to see which of these worlds manages to pull us in. Or whether any of them do. Are we ready to leave reality—the one humans have experienced for tens of thousands of years—and jump into the metaverse, or swap our natural vision for a Vision Pro? Your impulse might be to say No! I love the real world! There are trees there! But have you ever sat at a dinner table with teens, or venture capital bros? Instead of immersing themselves in the tastes and aromas of the meal or becoming absorbed in conversations, they stare at their phones, swiping endlessly. A reasonably priced device that sucks up even more attention might ratchet up whatever compels people to spend their time with gadgets. It might not happen soon, but tech giants—no dummies—are directing billions of dollars to removing any obstacles to that future. If they succeed, reality as we know it won't stand a chance. And when we use the word presence, we will mean the opposite.
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