The 1980s view of cyberspace was disembodied techno-warlocks soaring through floating numbers to avoid getting their brains melted by anti-intrusion software. Neal Stephenson turned that into a mall.
Second Life also built that torment nexus, but just the 3D rendered MUSH part. They parted out infinite virtual space into a cramped trailer park waaay before Decentraland’s cocaine fantasy version. SL’s users were like half trans furries and half the most basic bitch dolled-up human avatars, who on reflection probably had even worse body-image issues than the trans furries. This is all to say that the average user was horny in a way that the modern web cannot reflect. I don’t know if VR Chat properly captured that, but I’m certain Horizon Worlds fucked it up, because avatars don’t exist below the waist.
Snow Crash is satire. Zuck didn’t get the joke.
The 1980s view of cyberspace was disembodied techno-warlocks soaring through floating numbers to avoid getting their brains melted by anti-intrusion software. Neal Stephenson turned that into a mall.
Second Life also built that torment nexus, but just the 3D rendered MUSH part. They parted out infinite virtual space into a cramped trailer park waaay before Decentraland’s cocaine fantasy version. SL’s users were like half trans furries and half the most basic bitch dolled-up human avatars, who on reflection probably had even worse body-image issues than the trans furries. This is all to say that the average user was horny in a way that the modern web cannot reflect. I don’t know if VR Chat properly captured that, but I’m certain Horizon Worlds fucked it up, because avatars don’t exist below the waist.
Well. Didn’t.