Riaan “Isahluko esilandelayo se-inthanethi.”
“Umlandeli we-inthanethi yeselula.”
“Izokwazi ukusekela izigidi eziningi zemisebenzi.”
“Uzokwazi teleport ngokushesha njenge-hologram yokuba sehhovisi ngaphandle kokuya emsebenzini, ekhonsathini nabangane, noma egumbini lokuphumula labazali bakho ukuze uthole okuthile.”
Lawa amaningi amaphupho angenangqondo I-CEO ye-Meta u-Mark Zuckerberg ine-metaverse kodwa ingabe lawa maphupho angafezeka ngempela?
Emuva ngo-Okthoba 2021, i-Facebook yashintsha kabusha ku-Meta ukuze ibonise izifiso zayo ezikhulayo zokunqoba i-metaverse.
Kepha uma sibheka ukuthi inkundla yayo ye-Horizon Worlds yehluleka kanjani ukugcina abasebenzisi – nge munye kuphela kwabayi-10 ababuyayo endaweni yesikhulumi ngemva kwenyanga — kunzima ukubona ukuthi uZuckerberg angakwazi kanjani ukuguqula umhlaba ngobuchwepheshe obudlange kakhulu.
Selokhu kwenziwa kabusha i-Meta, intshisekelo ku-metaverse nayo iye yancipha kancane kancane. Akekho umuntu osenesithakazelo ngempela ku-metaverse, ikakhulukazi ngemva kokukhuphuka kobuhlakani bokwenziwa (AI). Eqinisweni, ithrafikhi yokusesha yegama elithi ‘metaverse’ emhlabeni jikelele inakho lehle ngamaphesenti angaba ngu-80 onyakeni odlule.
Ukuncipha kwentshisekelo ku-metaverse kubonakala kubantu base-Singapore futhi, nentshisekelo ku-metaverse ifinyelela umvuthwandaba ngesikhathi i-Meta imemezela ukukhiqizwa kwayo kabusha, ngaphambi kokuwa kancane kancane.
UMark Zuckerberg wangcwatshwa buthule le metaverse
Noma ngabe kunjalo, akusho ukuthi uZuckerberg akazange enze noma yimuphi umzamo wokuthuthukisa i-metaverse. I-Meta ithulule izigidigidi ekuthuthukisweni nasekudaleni i-metaverse kusukela ngo-2021, igxile ekuphusheleni ukuthi yamukelwe emhlabeni wonke eminyakeni eyishumi noma ngaphezulu.
Ngo-2022, i-VR kanye ne-AR division Reality Labs yenkampani yakhiqiza i- imali engenayo elinganiselwa ku-US$2.2 billionethwesa umqhele i-Meta njengomunye wabadlali abakhulu be-metaverse emhlabeni jikelele.
Nakuba lokhu kungase kubonakale njengokufeziwe, I-Reality Labs empeleni ikhiqize i ukulahlekelwa ukusebenza kwe-US $ 13.7 billion ngesikhathi esifanayo, okusho ukuthi inkampani isebenzisa imali eningi kunaleyo eyenzayo.
Lesi samba sengeza ekulahlekelweni kokusebenza okungu-$10.2 billion wamaReality Labs ngo-2021, okuhlanganisa nokulahlekelwa kokusebenza kweminyaka emibili kwamabhiliyoni angama-US$23.9. Ngalesi sikhathi, i-Meta yenze imali engenayo ehlobene ne-metaverse yama-US$4.4 wezigidigidi.
Okwenza lokhu kube kubi kakhulu ukuthi i-Meta’s Reality Labs ayikhuli. Eqinisweni, imali engenayo yehle ngamaphesenti amahlanu ngo-2022 uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule.
Amasheya enkampani nawo asenyukile, ewela ezingeni eliphansi kakhulu kusukela ngo-2016 ngonyaka odlule, njengoba abatshalizimali belahlekelwa ukuzethemba ku-Meta.
Ukulahlekelwa ukulahlekelwa ngemva kokulahlekelwa, iqiniso ligcine lifikile kuZuckerberg – i-CEO inqume ukungcwaba buthule le nyanga ngokugxila entweni elandelayo enkulu, ecwebezelayo: i-AI.
“Siqala ngokuhlanganisa amathimba amaningi asebenza ekukhiqizeni i-AI kuyo yonke inkampani eqenjini elilodwa eligxile ekwakheni ulwazi olujabulisayo kulobu buchwepheshe kuyo yonke imikhiqizo yethu eyahlukene,” uZuckerberg. wabhala kuFacebookempeleni wayeka amaphupho akhe ashintshashintshayo.
Kodwa liyini i-metaverse?
UZuckerberg wayezimisele ngokwenza i-metaverse isebenze, kodwa okuhlekisayo, akekho owaziyo ngempela ukuthi yini i-metaverse.
Umbono we-metaverse usemusha kangangokuthi abantu basazama ukuthola ukuthi bayichaza kanjani inkundla ebonakalayo – okuyisizathu sokuthi kungani iphupho likaZuckerberg lokubona i-metaverse lizohluleka.
Ngisho ne-Google ayikwazi ukusiza. Ukuhlola igama elithi ‘metaverse’ kukulethela izincazelo ezimbalwa ezihlukene ze-metaverse – ngakho-ke iyiphi enye yalezi incazelo “elungile” ye-metaverse?
Sekushiwo lokho, ukuvumelana okujwayelekile mayelana ne-metaverse ukuthi inkundla ebonakalayo izoba nezici ezimbili ezibalulekile. Okokuqala, iyindawo yedijithali exhumene evumela abantu ukuthi babe nokusebenzisana okufana nokuphila, kungaba okomuntu siqu noma okuchwepheshile.
Okwesibili, isikhala sedijithali esihlinzekwa yi-metaverse kufanele sicwiliswe emanzini, siqhube ubuchwepheshe budlulele ngale kwalokhu esiyikho namuhla, ngokuvamile ngendlela yesikhala esinikwe amandla i-3D ukwengeza ukuthinta kwamaqiniso esikhaleni. Ukuze udale lokhu kucwiliswa, amathuluzi aphathekayo afana namahedisethi e-VR nezibuko angasiza ekushintsheni izinzwa zangempela zomsebenzisi.
Ekugcineni, isiphetho se-metaverse esokuba imihlaba ebonakalayo ibe khona ngaphandle komthungo eduze nomhlaba wangempela.
I-metaverse ehlanganisa konke, egxilile isalokhu iyithagethi ekude
Naphezu kwamashumi eminyaka achithwa ekwakheni i-metaverse, i-hardware nesofthiwe edingekayo ukuze kusetshenziswe indawo yedijithali ngezinga elihlosiwe kusekude nokuqedwa.
U-Tommaso Di Bartolo, ilungu le-faculty e-UC Berkeley, ukholelwa lokho i-metaverse ehlanganisa konke, egxilile kuseyithagethi ekude. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi kuzodinga inhlanganisela ye- “5G, AI, next-gen processors, Quantum Computing, Edge Computing, AR, kanye ne-VR, kodwa kusukela manje, nokho, lobu buchwepheshe abuthuthukisiwe ngokwanele ukukala ngobuningi ngobuningi. intengo ethengekayo”.
Amadivayisi e-VR emakethe namuhla ayashoda ezicini eziningi, futhi akude nokukwazi ukunikeza ulwazi olujulile ngempela.
Nakuba intuthuko yakamuva efana ukulandelela ukunyakaza kobuso nomzimba zinikeza abasebenzisi umuzwa ongcono, lawa madivayisi awakwazi ukuphinda izici eziyisisekelo zokwenziwa komuntu, njengokuthinta ngokomzimba.
Ngisho nezithombe eziku-Meta’s Horizon Worlds ziye zaba nemiphumela engemihle kubasebenzisi ngokubukeka belula kakhulu lapho imidlalo ye-virtual reality efana ne-Second Life inganikeza abasebenzisi bayo ihluzo ezingcono, naphezu kokuthi yethulwa iminyaka ngaphambi kokuthi uZuckerberg anqume ukugxila ekuthuthukiseni i-metaverse. Ayisaphathwa-ke eyokuthi ngisho nabasebenzi bakwaMeta kubikwa ukuthi bakhona hhayi ukusebenzisa i-Horizon Worlds.
Ngaphandle kwalezi zinkinga, i-metaverse nayo okwamanje ayinakho ukusebenzisana phakathi kwamaplathifomu ahlukene e-metaverse, ingxenye ebalulekile ekudaleni umuzwa obonakalayo ogxile ngokuphelele.
Ngokusungula isethi yezindinganiso ezivame ukwamukelwa, singakwazi ukudala amabhuloho phakathi kwabadali abahlukahlukene nabasebenzisi ku-metaverse, kodwa ngokudabukisayo, imizamo yokusebenzelana kumetaverse isezigabeni zobuntwana.
I-metaverse yayigcwele kakhulu ngaphambi kwesikhathi sayo
Uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi ukucatshangelwa kwezobuchwepheshe nesakhiwo ukuze kusetshenziswe ngempumelelo i-metaverse ngokunokwenzeka, i-hype edalwe ezungeze i-metaverse kule minyaka emibili edlule imise umqondo wokuhluleka.
UZuckerberg ubehamba phambili kulokhu kuduma, ngemuva kwesimemezelo sakhe sokushintshwa kabusha kwe-Facebook. Igama elithi ‘metaverse’ lisetshenziswe kalula kakhulu eminyakeni emibili edlule, lidala i-hype engenangqondo mayelana nomqondo.
Ngokwesibonelo, ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa Ingqungquthela ye-Meta Connect ngo-2021, u-Zuckerberg ubonise ividiyo ewubukhazikhazi bekuthi-ke uma, ebonisa amathuba e-metaverse. Kuvidiyo, abangani ababili bahambele ikhonsathi ka-Jon Batiste ndawonye – oyedwa empilweni yangempela, futhi omunye ‘ngezibuko ze-metaverse’ ngokusobala ungekho umehluko phakathi kokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo.
Kodwa lokhu kukude neqiniso esinalo namuhla.
UZuckerberg akuyena yedwa okufanele asolwe ngokudala le nkulumo ethembisa ngokweqile, engenangqondo. Eminyakeni emibili edlule sibone ukuthandwa kweMicrosoft ne-Google bejoyina umjaho we-metaverse, beza nezinkundla zabo ezifana IMicrosoft Mesh kanye nokukhipha amadivayisi amasha e-AR ne-VR.
Ngonyaka odlule, usihlalo omkhulu kanye ne-CEO yeMicrosoft, uSatya Nadella, wathi I-metaverse isivele ilapha“hhayi nje ukuguqula indlela esibona ngayo umhlaba, kodwa indlela esibamba iqhaza ngayo kuwo – kusukela phansi kwefektri kuya ekamelweni lomhlangano”.
Amagama emikhiqizo emikhulu nawo abelokhu egibele amagagasi e-metaverse hype ngalesi sikhathi ngokuyihlanganisa kumasu abo okumaketha ukuze enze i-buzz ezungeze imikhiqizo namasevisi abo.
Ngokungenakugwenywa, i-hype ezungeze i-metaverse yakhe amathemba angenakufinyeleleka kubathengi.
Ngakho-ke lapho u-Zuckerberg nezinye izinkundla eziningi ze-metaverse zihluleka ukuletha imikhiqizo efana nalokhu obekulindelwe, abasebenzisi balahlekelwe intshisekelo kubuchwepheshe, baqhuma ibhamuza elizungeze i-metaverse.
Isibonelo, ngaphandle kwe-Horizon Worlds, inkundla ye-metaverse edumile i-Decentraland kubikwa ukuthi inabasebenzisi abangu-8,000 kuphela ngokwesilinganiso ngosuku, ngokomqondisi wayo wokudala u-Sam Hamilton, kuyilapho i-Sandbox ithi inabasebenzisi abasebenzayo abangu-32,000 – okukude kakhulu nokuzuza ukutholwa komhlaba wonke noma nini maduze.
Ingabe i-metaverse ingabuyela emuva?
I-Gartner Inc ilindele lokho Amaphesenti angama-25 abantu emhlabeni wonke uzochitha okungenani ihora ngosuku ku-metaverse yomsebenzi, ukuthenga, imfundo, nokuzijabulisa ngo-2026.
Kodwa-ke, amaphesenti amakhulu angama-46 ochwepheshe bezimboni babeke ukungabaza kwabo ngokuthi kungenzeka yini ukwamukelwa komhlaba wonke kwe-metaverse ngo-2040, ngokusho kombiko. umbiko owenziwe yiPew Research Center.
Laba chwepheshe bezimboni bakholelwa ukuthi ubuchwepheshe obudingekayo ukuze kusetshenziswe i-metaverse egxilile ngeke bufezeke ngaleso sikhathi. Uma kucatshangelwa isimo samanje se-metaverse, abanye baze bakholelwe ukuthi i-metaverse ngeke ibe nokusetshenziswa okuningi ekuphileni kwansuku zonke.
UMark Crowley, umsizi kaprofesa wobunjiniyela bamakhompiyutha eNyuvesi yaseWaterloo uthe, “Umhlaba wangempela ucebe kakhulu futhi ubaluleke kakhulu kuneqiniso langempela futhi uyohlale unjalo. Ngikholwa ukuthi into ebeka umkhawulo emisebenzini yokucwiliswa ngokuphelele ukuthi azidingeki. ”
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, abasekeli be-metaverse bakholelwa ukuthi izonikeza iqiniso elisha kubantu – elingase “lithuthukise umhlaba wenyama kubantu”.
Uma sekushiwo, umsindo ozungeze i-metaverse ufile ikakhulukazi ngemva kokukhuphuka kwe-AI yokukhiqiza. Kodwa lokhu akusho ukuthi umqondo we-metaverse uzophela unomphela.
Isibonelo esicacile salokhu insimu ye-AI yamashumi eminyaka, eyaziwa ngayo ebusika obuningi lapho abantu bengabaza amathemba obuchwepheshe. Nokho, namuhla, i-AI iphazamisa futhi iguqula izimboni ezihlukahlukene – futhi lokhu kungase kube njalo nakumetaverse.
Noma kunjalo, isimo samanje se-metaverse sisikisela ukuthi kusekude kakhulu nokuphila.
Ikhredithi Yesithombe Esifakiwe: Louis Rosenberg nge-MidJourney
