What part of the Metaverse described in that book sounded cool to you?
I finally got around to reading Snow Crash recently, and I have to say, it really didn’t make the Metaverse sound appealing at all. The description of the place with stark, simple building shapes, black sky, etc sounded boring and dystopian, and the user interface (requiring long trips on a virtual monorail to travel around) seemed pretty bad. The main character didn’t do anything “fun” within that world other than visit a trendy club while in real life he was sitting in a self-storage shed drinking a warm beer.
I actually do have an old friend who is one of the very few people who absolutely loves the Zuckerverse and is going to be very disappointed by this development. For the past couple of years he’s been a true evangelist for VR in general and the Zuckerverse in particular. Oh well. I had another friend who was really, really into Second Life back in the day, and she found a way to move on, so I guess he’ll be ok.
