Yang Jingfa from the Aofei Temple
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Awkwardly, I spent nearly $3 million on a metauniverse party.
Only six people showed up.
That was the story of a journalist who attended the European Union’s $410,000 meta-cosmic concert.
I wanted to attract young people between the ages of 18 and 35, but I didn’t expect the final feeling to be how to say, roughly here:
Derek and Pilar make small talk. Nick and I compare notes. Then we all went home.
When the story was shared online, it sparked a heated debate:
It sounds like a joke.
‘How did you manage to spend so much money?’ another netizen asked. It’s not a metaverse. It’s a fantasy page game.
A million dollar party with only six people
The event is actually a “beach party,” with a 30-second teaser released in October featuring tropical rain forests, islands in the sea…
There will also be a variety of entertainment activities with dynamic music in the background. It looks like it will be very lively.
But there wasn’t much of a splash at the time, and even insiders were underwhelmed by the trailer, even dismissive:
Frustrating and embarrassing.
Digital garbage.
The idea was to engage a younger audience of 18- to 35-year-olds who are active on social networks and encourage them to take part in a wider range of activities.
The theme of the event is to launch and publicize the EU’s “Global Gateway” strategy.
According to officials, they have created a meta-universe where people can explore the meaning of the Global Gateway through a series of “hero” stories in the virtual environment.
Once there, everyone will be transformed into a colorful paperclip, and in addition to dancing on the beach for social entertainment, there will be a range of themed activities such as digital connectivity, education, health care and climate change.
And this whole set of production and operation costs, amounted to 387,000 euros.
The result of such a huge investment was a rather poor experience for the young man. He found it much easier to dance and wave and strike up conversations.
And a concert is just a song playing on a loop. One participant thought he had mistaken the date.
How is this different from Second Life?
Some netizens thought it might not be a Meta production, after all, Meta power was there before. (bushi)
Instead, they subcontracted a company to build digital Spaces
Journee
.
A look at the website shows that they are all in the same style.
Another asked the soul question: How is this different from Second Life?
Second Life looked better than this 15 years ago.
Reference link:
[1]https://twitter.com/vchadw/status/1597695719787200514
[2]https://www.devex.com/news/eu-aid-dept-s-387k-metaverse-meets-real-world-critique-104335#.Y2WV6XSaLEA.twitter
[3]https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/12/02/the-eu-threw-a-gala-launch-party-for-its-387000-metaverse-and-just-6-people- showed-up
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