The metaverse is a solution that seeks to offer an alternative virtual to the concept of the Internet that we have today. According to the CEO of Facebook, this alternative is the biggest change that has ever been experienced in modern and technological history. It does not have a meaning Sure.
That is, if you believe the people of Canalys, who seem to be already polishing a report that they think is a tombstone for the version of the Internet that Mark Zuckerberg imagines: all in a metaverse where we can unleash our imagination in a world virtual.
“Is the metaverse the next digital frontier or an overrated money pit?asked Matthew Ball, chief analyst at Canalys, at the company’s Channels Forum in Barcelona.
As he noted, the world is entering more troubled economic times and some households are struggling to cope with real-world financial expenses. “We are in a cost of living crisis, people have difficulties in the real world and much less in the virtual world to be able to invest in properties and other NFTsBall added.
Games may take off, he admitted, and “it seems to me that there is a target audience for adult entertainment, maybe“But how about the business sector? No. There the answer was forceful, there was no double meaning.
The companies that are investing in this dubious virtual world
Microsoft, Meta, Google, Nvidia, Apple, Autodesk and other technology companies are investing in the platform. McKinsey consultants say $177 billion has been invested in the metaverse since 2021.
They believe the market could be worth as much as $5 trillion by 2030. For its part, Citi believes the Metaverse will be worth between $8 trillion and $13 trillion by the same year. And Gartner estimates that by 2026 a quarter of the world will spend at least an hour a day in the metaverse. shopping, working, socializing or learning.
For this reason, opinions about the Metaverse are highly controversial. While some think that in three years it will have disappeared, others think just the opposite. We will have to wait until the end of the decade to discover who was right.