Remember when we were all going to ditch our humdrum lives, tedious physical needs and uninspiring friends and family, so that we could live a life of virtual bliss in the metaverse? When we could give up the endless pursuit of self-improvement and just exist as perfect avatars instead? When Facebook rebranded to Meta because, from now on, the company was going to be “metaverse-first, not Facebook-first”?It has been just one year since Meta’s fabulously dystopian Super Bowl advert for its VR headsets, in which a group of friends who have lost touch get back together in the virtual world (in the real one they were all alone, with no buddies).
还记得吗？曾经，我们都打算抛弃无聊的生活、单调的物质需求、乏味的朋友和家人，这样我们就能在元宇宙中过上虚拟的幸福生活。我们可以放弃对自我提升的无休止追求，而只作为完美的化身存在。Facebook更名为Meta，因为从现在开始，该公司将“元宇宙优先，而不是Facebook优先”。