A significant number of game developers are skeptical about the metaverse, according to research

According to search, Meta is not the main promessa to the metaverse in the coming years. For 14% of those interviewed, before the Goal, the Epic Games is the company with the greatest potential to turn the metaverse around in the coming years.

In second place comes Mark Zuckerberg's company, with 7%, tied with Microsoft. 

In addition to the three most remembered platforms, the Roblox appears with 5% of opinions as the most promising. Google e Apple comes next, with 3% each.

It is worth remembering that, at the end of the most remembered and with the greatest potential, according to the developers, there are consolidated metaverse platforms: Epic to Fortnite, the target with Horizon Worlds, Ea Microsoft com Minecraft. 

Other technology giants like Sony, Tencent e Amazon were also remembered, but with little predominance.

GDC shared the testimony of one of the developers interviewed:

“The metaverse must be built by its own users on a platform intended for public use; a creative shared space. Any version of it that exists solely in the hands of a corporation as an ad platform, virtual workstation, or virtual real estate marketplace is doomed to fail. In short: it needs to be built with things that users really care about”, he pointed out.

What makes people suspicious of this new moment on the web?

The year 2022 was complex for the metaverse. Between mistrust and excess spending, Meta, for example, was accused of a lack of effective results during this period, after all the hype of 2021. Despite this moment of uncertainty, other large corporations continue to bet big on web3 technologies. We spoke with the master in Business Management and speaker on the metaverse, Arthur Igreja, to understand what makes people not have faith in the spatialization of the internet. 

The research was released on the 19th. Despite pointing out companies that believe they can make the metaverse “revenge”, a portion of professionals in the digital development industry think that the metaverse may not fulfill its purpose. promess.

According to the survey, 45% of 'devs' are skeptical about the metaverse. Among the arguments are the lack of clarity, the lack of interactivity and the high cost of the hardware (expensive VR headsets) are the reasons for distrust.

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