Microsoft is letting the world know that its $68 billion Activision Blizzard deal is all about the metaverse.
But the social networking giant is not alone in building toward this future, and even Facebook argues that it will only evolve if lots of companies work together.Its Hololens headset allows a digital universe to be overlaid onto the real world, a concept known as augmented reality.It will also need compelling digital worlds to draw in early adopters.
"When we think about our vision for what a metaverse can be, we believe there won't be a single centralized metaverse and there shouldn't be," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said on a conference call this week. "In gaming we see the metaverse as a collection of communities and individual identities anchored in strong content franchises accessible on every device, and bringing fantastic entertainment together with new technologies, communities and business models is exactly what this transaction is about," he said.If that sounds mostly like window dressing, it kind of is.
"Activision Blizzard — already a gaming giant — has a pattern of bullying workers to evade accountability for rampant sexual misconduct," Rep. Jerry Nadler said on Thursday. "I expect this deal to be closely scrutinized to ensure that it won't harm American workers or competition."
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