The True Metaverse – What Will It Be Like?

I have asked myself this same question many times. I do in fact wonder that the Metaverse will be like. Currently, we don’t have the technology to truly build and create the Metaverse. I think right now we are simply making the building blocks which one day will form the real Metaverse, the real 3D internet. I believe that the Metaverse or 3D internet will rely heavily on user-driven content. The Metaverse of course will be in real time and very dynamic. It’ll follow the same philosophy many virtual worlds today follow, freedom without limitation.

I think the Metaverse will have at least 2 or 3 fully functional 3D virtual worlds at it’s core. Those virtual worlds will then be networked with prehaps 2D applications and websites which will then be “translated” into 3D content and displayed as 3D content inside one or all of the virtual worlds. Of course, the possibilities don’t have to stop at the Metaverse’s core virtual worlds being linked with online applications or websites. No, I think users of the virtual worlds at the Metaverse’s core could also link those virtual worlds with offline applications and programs which are on their own computer.

But I also think any virtual world that is part of the Metaverse will let their users script. That basically means being able to program and run actual programs within the virtual world you are using. For example, There uses a scripting language called ThereScript which is based on the actual programming language called Lua. ThereScript is used for many things inside There but mainly the vehicles and other sorts of dynamic content. But I don’t think the Metaverse will simply be one or two virtual worlds but this huge network of offline and online applications and websites, including virtual worlds at the core of this network which would be called the Metaverse. I simply think that the Metaverse will mainly run on user created content.

The overall framework of the Metaverse will be building block based. It’ll have virtual worlds at it’s core but will also have much other functionality. External applications, programs, and websites will be linked with the Metaverse so that more content can be offered inside the actual virtual worlds. The main part will be the 3D virtual worlds but that core will also rely on outside content as well. In reality, it is kind of too early to really have a clear vision and idea of what the Metaverse will be. But I do believe that even now we are helping to build and create the technology which may or may not be used to build the eventual framework of the Metaverse. Virtual worlds like There and Second Life are only part of the equation. But user-driven websites such as Flickr and Digg also have a part to play in the Metaverse’s evolution. The true Metaverse may be far off into the future but even now we do have a real impact on what that future may or may not be.