{"id":130658,"date":"2021-11-15T18:22:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T02:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/why-the-metaverse-is-a-dystopian-nightmare-niantics-solution"},"modified":"2021-11-15T18:22:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T02:22:57","slug":"why-the-metaverse-is-a-dystopian-nightmare-niantics-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/why-the-metaverse-is-a-dystopian-nightmare-niantics-solution","title":{"rendered":"Why the Metaverse is a Dystopian Nightmare &amp; Niantic\u2019s Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0swxt_Oz6C8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Facebook\u2019s vision of the Metaverse has been criticized by both consumers &amp; other companies for its obvious dystopian outlook. But one of the most prominent Augmented Reality Companies in the world, Niantic has shown a much better looking futuristic vision of the metaverse. One in which the real world would only get augmented instead of completely replaced like in Meta\u2019s vision of it. Niantic\u2019s Lightship platform and future augmented reality glasses are meant to be a look into a future where privacy and social interactions are of uttermost importance and the dystopian nightmare future wouldn\u2019t be a big problem. Let\u2019s see what companies such as Apple or niantic think of this.<br \/> \u2013<br \/> TIMESTAMPS:<br \/> 00:00 The unfortunate fate of the Metaverse.<br \/> 02:01 What is this future going to look like?<br \/> 03:59 Facebook\u2019s Creepy Vision of the Workplace.<br \/> 06:29 A possible solution by Niantic.<br \/> 08:35 Last Words.<br \/> \u2013<br \/> #facebook #meta #metaverse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook\u2019s vision of the Metaverse has been criticized by both consumers &amp; other companies for its obvious dystopian outlook. But one of the most prominent Augmented Reality Companies in the world, Niantic has shown a much better looking futuristic vision of the metaverse. One in which the real world would only get augmented instead of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1498,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-augmented-reality","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}