South Korea’s top telco launches 'metaverse'

South Korea’s top Telco, SK Telecom, has launched a “metaverse” virtual environment and plans to grow it from a fun place to hang online into a forum for more serious collaboration. Known as “Ifland” and aimed at the “MZ generation” – the overlapping cohorts of millennials and Generation Z – the service offers users the chance …

[knarf]

Ready Player One and a Half

was wondering when someone was going to try this.

Although no Doom World or sadly Dune

[Filippo]

I wonder if they'll manage to keep the percentage of users who use it for cybering below 50%.

[PerlyKing]

Metaverse

I hope that Neal Stephenson is getting his royalties ;-)

Metaverse

[LordHighFixer]

Yawns

So, it is a neutered version of Secondlife, run by a government entity, with a little VR sprinkled on top. I think I saw that movie.. Just ignore the hypnotic flashing lights and the subliminal frames..