元宇宙的炒作大有愈演愈烈之勢(shì),Instagram上的一篇貼文在今年1月中旬迅速躥紅。該文認(rèn)為,數(shù)字世界的興起將加速人們的認(rèn)知轉(zhuǎn)變,讓人們把虛擬自我視為比現(xiàn)實(shí)自我更為重要的自我身份。
貼文作者、科技企業(yè)家肖恩·普里從三部分概述了技術(shù)進(jìn)步如何將我們的注意力逐漸吸引到屏幕之上,還介紹了元宇宙可能成為這一巨大轉(zhuǎn)變的“最終章”。
在第一部分,普里表示,我們改變固有的認(rèn)識(shí),不能再僅僅將元宇宙視作一個(gè)可以玩VR(虛擬現(xiàn)實(shí))游戲,或者是與朋友、同事的“化身”會(huì)面的場(chǎng)所。在第二部分中,普里說(shuō),我們需要理解,元宇宙代表了一個(gè)特定的時(shí)刻。在第三部分,他指出,我們需要接受這樣一個(gè)事實(shí),那就是在元宇宙吸收了我們生活的大部分內(nèi)容之后,我們的數(shù)字虛擬自我將變得比現(xiàn)實(shí)自我更為重要。
普里在貼文中寫道:“我們的注意力已經(jīng)從現(xiàn)實(shí)世界轉(zhuǎn)移到了數(shù)字世界之中,而注意力轉(zhuǎn)向哪里,能量就會(huì)流向哪里。”
普里認(rèn)為,我們目前投入網(wǎng)絡(luò)世界和現(xiàn)實(shí)世界的注意力和精力各占一半,他相信,元宇宙將把我們90%的注意力轉(zhuǎn)向新的虛擬現(xiàn)實(shí)與虛擬身份之中,從而徹底改變我們的自我意識(shí)。
“那就是元宇宙的初始時(shí)刻。因?yàn)樵谀且豢蹋覀兊奶摂M生活將變得比現(xiàn)實(shí)生活更為重要?!?/p>
元宇宙是互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的組成部分,能夠?yàn)橛脩籼峁┮粋€(gè)虛擬的游樂(lè)空間。只需要為自己設(shè)計(jì)一個(gè)虛擬角色、佩戴一副VR眼鏡(甚至只需要使用手機(jī)完成登錄)即可參與其中,借助化身,你可以在遍布娛樂(lè)場(chǎng)所、工作場(chǎng)所、零售店和數(shù)十種其他網(wǎng)絡(luò)場(chǎng)所的數(shù)字平臺(tái)上暢游。
要想完全實(shí)現(xiàn)元宇宙的愿景,或許還需要十多年的時(shí)間,但投資者已經(jīng)開(kāi)始搶購(gòu)元宇宙中的虛擬房地產(chǎn)。在現(xiàn)在的元宇宙中,我們已經(jīng)能夠找到現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中各種重要事物的數(shù)字版本,衣服、辦公室,不一而足,隨著我們?cè)跀?shù)字資產(chǎn)上投入的資金越來(lái)越多,甚至在財(cái)務(wù)上也已經(jīng)產(chǎn)生了緊密的聯(lián)系。
無(wú)論元宇宙是否將會(huì)重塑我們的價(jià)值觀、讓我們把虛擬世界中的自我置于現(xiàn)實(shí)世界中的自我之上,不可否認(rèn)的是,相關(guān)技術(shù)的出現(xiàn)確實(shí)讓我們?cè)桨l(fā)關(guān)注自己在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上的個(gè)人信息。
據(jù)Squarespace于2021年7月進(jìn)行的一項(xiàng)哈里斯民意調(diào)查(Harris Poll)顯示,年齡在18至25歲的“Z世代”群體中,約60%的受訪者認(rèn)為,線上形象比現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的形象更為重要,44%的受訪者更愿意在網(wǎng)上展示自己。
年輕一代不僅更加重視數(shù)字自我,相較于現(xiàn)實(shí)生活,他們也更為適應(yīng)虛擬世界中的互動(dòng)。
在同一項(xiàng)調(diào)查中,Z世代的受訪者表示,相較于伴侶的生日(38%)和自己的社保號(hào)碼(31%),他們對(duì)自己上一次瀏覽的是哪個(gè)網(wǎng)站(43%)記得更為清楚。
針對(duì)此次調(diào)研的結(jié)果,Squarespace的首席營(yíng)銷官金吉爾·馬瑟總結(jié)說(shuō):“大多數(shù)Z世代認(rèn)為,線上形象比現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的形象更為重要。比起某人眼睛的顏色,他們更容易記住網(wǎng)站的顏色?!?/p>
各大科技巨頭紛紛對(duì)元宇宙押上重注,Meta(原名Facebook)承諾向該技術(shù)投資100億美元,比爾·蓋茨等重要人物則相信,三年之內(nèi),大多數(shù)辦公會(huì)議都將在元宇宙舉行。
有關(guān)元宇宙的炒作可能會(huì)經(jīng)歷潮起潮落,但技術(shù)必將繼續(xù)向前推進(jìn)。未來(lái),也許越來(lái)越多的注意力和精力將被吸引到全新的虛擬世界之中,而年輕一代似乎已經(jīng)在經(jīng)歷這種變化。
那么普里是對(duì)的嗎?元宇宙真的會(huì)讓人類更加投入于數(shù)字自我而非現(xiàn)實(shí)自我么?也許如此,但至少現(xiàn)在他對(duì)此還并不擔(dān)心。
“這是好事還是壞事?和其他事情一樣,其本身并無(wú)好壞之分,只是一件客觀存在的事情而已,只是這件事情大不相同罷了?!彼麑懙馈#ㄘ?cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:梁宇
審校:夏林
元宇宙的炒作大有愈演愈烈之勢(shì),Instagram上的一篇貼文在今年1月中旬迅速躥紅。該文認(rèn)為,數(shù)字世界的興起將加速人們的認(rèn)知轉(zhuǎn)變,讓人們把虛擬自我視為比現(xiàn)實(shí)自我更為重要的自我身份。
貼文作者、科技企業(yè)家肖恩·普里從三部分概述了技術(shù)進(jìn)步如何將我們的注意力逐漸吸引到屏幕之上,還介紹了元宇宙可能成為這一巨大轉(zhuǎn)變的“最終章”。
在第一部分,普里表示,我們改變固有的認(rèn)識(shí),不能再僅僅將元宇宙視作一個(gè)可以玩VR(虛擬現(xiàn)實(shí))游戲,或者是與朋友、同事的“化身”會(huì)面的場(chǎng)所。在第二部分中,普里說(shuō),我們需要理解,元宇宙代表了一個(gè)特定的時(shí)刻。在第三部分,他指出,我們需要接受這樣一個(gè)事實(shí),那就是在元宇宙吸收了我們生活的大部分內(nèi)容之后,我們的數(shù)字虛擬自我將變得比現(xiàn)實(shí)自我更為重要。
普里在貼文中寫道:“我們的注意力已經(jīng)從現(xiàn)實(shí)世界轉(zhuǎn)移到了數(shù)字世界之中,而注意力轉(zhuǎn)向哪里,能量就會(huì)流向哪里?!?/p>
普里認(rèn)為,我們目前投入網(wǎng)絡(luò)世界和現(xiàn)實(shí)世界的注意力和精力各占一半,他相信,元宇宙將把我們90%的注意力轉(zhuǎn)向新的虛擬現(xiàn)實(shí)與虛擬身份之中,從而徹底改變我們的自我意識(shí)。
“那就是元宇宙的初始時(shí)刻。因?yàn)樵谀且豢?,我們的虛擬生活將變得比現(xiàn)實(shí)生活更為重要?!?/p>
元宇宙是互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的組成部分,能夠?yàn)橛脩籼峁┮粋€(gè)虛擬的游樂(lè)空間。只需要為自己設(shè)計(jì)一個(gè)虛擬角色、佩戴一副VR眼鏡(甚至只需要使用手機(jī)完成登錄)即可參與其中,借助化身,你可以在遍布娛樂(lè)場(chǎng)所、工作場(chǎng)所、零售店和數(shù)十種其他網(wǎng)絡(luò)場(chǎng)所的數(shù)字平臺(tái)上暢游。
要想完全實(shí)現(xiàn)元宇宙的愿景,或許還需要十多年的時(shí)間,但投資者已經(jīng)開(kāi)始搶購(gòu)元宇宙中的虛擬房地產(chǎn)。在現(xiàn)在的元宇宙中,我們已經(jīng)能夠找到現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中各種重要事物的數(shù)字版本,衣服、辦公室,不一而足,隨著我們?cè)跀?shù)字資產(chǎn)上投入的資金越來(lái)越多,甚至在財(cái)務(wù)上也已經(jīng)產(chǎn)生了緊密的聯(lián)系。
無(wú)論元宇宙是否將會(huì)重塑我們的價(jià)值觀、讓我們把虛擬世界中的自我置于現(xiàn)實(shí)世界中的自我之上,不可否認(rèn)的是,相關(guān)技術(shù)的出現(xiàn)確實(shí)讓我們?cè)桨l(fā)關(guān)注自己在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上的個(gè)人信息。
據(jù)Squarespace于2021年7月進(jìn)行的一項(xiàng)哈里斯民意調(diào)查(Harris Poll)顯示,年齡在18至25歲的“Z世代”群體中,約60%的受訪者認(rèn)為,線上形象比現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的形象更為重要,44%的受訪者更愿意在網(wǎng)上展示自己。
年輕一代不僅更加重視數(shù)字自我,相較于現(xiàn)實(shí)生活,他們也更為適應(yīng)虛擬世界中的互動(dòng)。
在同一項(xiàng)調(diào)查中,Z世代的受訪者表示,相較于伴侶的生日(38%)和自己的社保號(hào)碼(31%),他們對(duì)自己上一次瀏覽的是哪個(gè)網(wǎng)站(43%)記得更為清楚。
針對(duì)此次調(diào)研的結(jié)果,Squarespace的首席營(yíng)銷官金吉爾·馬瑟總結(jié)說(shuō):“大多數(shù)Z世代認(rèn)為,線上形象比現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的形象更為重要。比起某人眼睛的顏色,他們更容易記住網(wǎng)站的顏色?!?/p>
各大科技巨頭紛紛對(duì)元宇宙押上重注,Meta(原名Facebook)承諾向該技術(shù)投資100億美元,比爾·蓋茨等重要人物則相信,三年之內(nèi),大多數(shù)辦公會(huì)議都將在元宇宙舉行。
有關(guān)元宇宙的炒作可能會(huì)經(jīng)歷潮起潮落,但技術(shù)必將繼續(xù)向前推進(jìn)。未來(lái),也許越來(lái)越多的注意力和精力將被吸引到全新的虛擬世界之中,而年輕一代似乎已經(jīng)在經(jīng)歷這種變化。
那么普里是對(duì)的嗎?元宇宙真的會(huì)讓人類更加投入于數(shù)字自我而非現(xiàn)實(shí)自我么?也許如此,但至少現(xiàn)在他對(duì)此還并不擔(dān)心。
“這是好事還是壞事?和其他事情一樣,其本身并無(wú)好壞之分,只是一件客觀存在的事情而已,只是這件事情大不相同罷了?!彼麑懙馈#ㄘ?cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:梁宇
審校:夏林
As the hype around the metaverse builds and builds, an Instagram post went viral in mid-January by theorizing the emerging digital world will accelerate the shift to thinking about our online selves as more important than our physical ones.
Shaan Puri, a tech entrepreneur, outlined in three parts how technological advancements have progressively drawn more and more of our attention toward our screens, and how the metaverse may be the final stage in this massive shift.
In Part I, Puri says we need to stop thinking of the metaverse as only a “place” where we can play VR games and meet avatar versions of our friends and colleagues. In Part II, he says we need to understand that the metaverse represents a specific moment in time. In Part III, he says we need to accept that in this moment, after the metaverse has assimilated most aspects of our lives, our digital selves will become more important than our physical ones.
“Our attention has been sucked from the physical to the digital,” Puri’s post reads. “And where attention goes, energy flows.”
Puri believes that we currently devote half of our attention and energy to our online lives and half to the physical world. He believes the metaverse will redirect 90% of our attention toward the new virtual reality, and our identities within it, revolutionizing our sense of self.
“That’s the moment in time when the metaverse starts. Because at that moment, our virtual life will become more important than our real life.”
The metaverse is a term for a part of the internet that promises virtual playgrounds where, through an avatar, you can journey through digital platforms rife with entertainment venues, workplaces, retail stores, and dozens of other cyber-locations. All you have to do is put on a set of VR goggles (or just log on through a phone) and design a persona to dive in.
A fully realized vision of the metaverse is probably more than a decade away, but investors are already grabbing up virtual real estate. And the metaverse is already filling up with digital versions of everything that is important in our lives: clothes, offices, even our finances as we invest more money into digital assets.
Whether or not the metaverse will completely reorient our values and make us prioritize our digital personas over our own selves, it is undeniable that technology has made us more concerned about our online profiles.
Around 60% of Gen Z, ages 18 to 25, believed that presenting oneself well online is more important than doing so in person, and 44% were more comfortable presenting themselves online than in person, according to a July 2021 Harris Poll survey by Squarespace.
Not only are younger generations placing more importance on their digital selves, they’re also becoming more comfortable with virtual interactions than real-life ones.
Gen Z respondents in that same survey were more likely to remember the last website they browsed (43%) than their partner’s birthday (38%) or their own Social Security number (31%).
“The majority of Gen Z believe that how you present yourself online is more important than how you present yourself in person,” said Kinjil Mathur, chief marketing officer at Squarespace, on the survey’s results. “They’re also more likely to remember the color of a website than someone’s eye color.”
Big Tech is betting big on the metaverse, with Meta (formerly Facebook) committing to investing $10 billion into the technology, and major figures like Bill Gates believe most office meetings will take place there within three years.
The metaverse hype may ebb and flow, but technology will continue to push on ahead, potentially diverting more and more of our attention and energy toward a new virtual world. And younger generations seem to be halfway there already.
So is Puri right? Will the metaverse lead to people becoming more invested in their digital selves than who they are offline? Maybe, but he isn’t panicking just yet.
“Is this a good or bad thing? Like anything, it’s neither good nor bad. It’s just a thing. A very different thing,” he wrote.