The head of Xbox confirms that we’ve been in the metaverse for 30 years and understands gamers’ doubts.

Phil Spencer highlights that players have been sharing and talking worlds for a long time.

concept virtual universe It has permeated the video game industry recently, with multiple companies like Bandai Namco or Epic Games approaching the concept of virtual worlds that some major tech giants want to implement in users’ daily lives.

Again, Phil Spencer He says a good portion of society understands his doubts about this concept. In an interview with Bloomberg written by The Gamer, the head of Xbox surprised the community by making sure that the confusion made sense because players have already been on the metaverse for 30 years.

As you play, you enter an already shared 3D worldPhil Spencer“What I think about the Metaverse is that players have been in it for 30 years. When you play, you’re entering shared 3D worlds that people have been in for years already,” Spencer says. “I think what we discovered is, there are more connections because we have a common purpose“.

“I think players look at the metadata and say, ‘Well, I really don’t get it, because I already have an avatar and I’m entering an already shared world. I can sit there and have a voice chat with people anywhere,” he says.

Other industry players have made it clear that they have some doubts about the metaverse. For example, at Nintendo, they’ve guaranteed they’re interested, but they still believe there are a few aspects that need to be defined. father of PlayStation Ken Kutaragiis much more cutting-edge, and is presumed from the outset as one of the detractors of the metadata store, given that it makes no sense to take the real world into the virtual world.

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