Can the metaverse survive? Is this the Metaverse winter? Is the metaverse dead? Headlines like these appear across media as attention — and investment dollars — shift from the metaverse to Artificial Intelligence. Is the metaverse really destined for the trash heap of tech history? Neville and Shel take issue with all the doom and gloom in this short midweek episode.

The next monthly, long-form episode of FIR will drop on Monday, April 22.

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Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.

You can find the stories from which Shel’s FIR content is selected at Shel’s Link Blog. Shel has started a metaverse-focused Flipboard magazine. Neville’s Asides blog is also available.

Link from this report:

• The Metaverse Is Quickly Turning Into the Meh-taverse
• Is The Death Of The Metaverse Exaggerated?
• Rumors of the metaverse’s death have been greatly exaggerated
• No, the metaverse is not dead – it’s inevitable
• ‘The metaverse is dead; long live the metaverse’: emerging tech’s table of elements
• Three challenges the metaverse will need to overcome
• Metaverse: ‘Assuming you need a VR headset is just repeating Meta’s assumptions,’ author says
• How Epic is “doubling down” on its vision for the metaverse
• The Internet Is Ruined. The Metaverse Can Still Be Saved
• Over 7,000 Players Successfully Converged in Yuga Labs’ Otherside Metaverse ‘Second Trip’
• Decentraland Metaverse Fashion Week attendance plummets 76% amid ‘worrisome’ trading volume
• The emergent industrial metaverse
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Tech. Metaverse: 10 years to get to the Plateau
• What is New in the 2022 Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
• FIR #273: What Is The Metaverse? It’s A Network – FIR Podcast Network

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