What Is the Metaverse and How Do I Prepare?
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The internet has deeply changed the way we meet our real-world needs. These days we are shopping online, finding our entertainment online, and meeting our significant others via online platforms more than ever before.
When the internet was in its infancy, some experts anticipated this direction for the world wide web while others predicted subtly or wildly different cyber landscapes. Only time has shown us what predictions became reality. We could say the same things about current conceptions of the metaverse.
Some people describe the metaverse as a virtual reality full of personal avatars doing things we currently do in real life. Others predict a metaverse that serves as a meeting ground of real and virtual life: a place to shop—for tangible goods and virtual tokens, a place to upload aspects of our real lives and give them a new dimension. Many find it exciting to imagine a metaverse where you can enjoy experiences that would be impossible in real life.
Just like the internet, the metaverse will develop and grow as technology advances and as users influence the available platforms through interaction and personal choice. Ultimately, the metaverse will offer each of us a wealth of options for how and when we want to engage. Whatever lies ahead, you will want to prepare yourself for an enjoyable virtual reality gaming experience.
Accessing the metaverse will require VR and good graphics technology
Most of the metaverse news right now is focused on the VR aspect, which will require specific gear, like a comfortable VR headset and other necessary virtual reality accessories to support your system and enhance your virtual abilities.
Tech experts foresee a metaverse that users will want to interact with not just through VR sets but also through phones, computers, and gaming consoles. In fact, many electronics analysts predict that our interest in enjoying the metaverse will lead to a sizeable uptick in PC and phone upgrades.
Gaming laptops and gaming desktops are currently the top-of-the-line choice for graphics technology because they come equipped with the RAM required to enjoy detailed images in crisp quality. However, they also cost a pretty penny. Fortunately, if you are looking for a computer with a slightly smaller price tag, you still have options. You will simply want to prioritize a good video graphics card with a decent amount of RAM: 12GB or more.
Additionally, you will want a display that can help you enjoy the capabilities of your graphics card. So, for a desktop, this means a 4K monitor. If choosing a 4K display for your laptop, you will also want to ensure the computer also offers excellent battery life because that display will run through energy quickly. You will want high-end camera and microphone capabilities—on both your computer and your phone—since those will become other ways that the metaverse can offer you access and interaction.
Given the fact that many of us have our phones with us nearly all the time, the phone is likely the most frequent way we will interact with the metaverse for the foreseeable future (until some new technological comes along). Therefore, it’s worth investing in a smartphone with a quality display, good sound and video quality, and enough storage to handle the array of apps that will link you to aspects of the metaverse.
You might also consider noise-canceling headphones and a VR headset that is compatible with your phone so that you can easily step into the metaverse—through sound or sight—wherever you are.