Exploring the Metaverse: Horizon Worlds
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 7. 05. 2024
- I am back in the metaverse, and this week exploring Meta's Horizon Worlds for the first time. Join me as I create my avatar, check out a gig, have a chat in a very British pub, take a hot air balloon ride, and visit a newly built church.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:37 Creating an Avatar
02:50 The Tutorial World
07:27 Going to a Gig
07:55 The Home Space
08:48 Escape From Detention
10:04 Meeting People at the Pub
13:57 Hot Air Balloon Ride
14:46 Exploring a Church
16:10 Meeting a Creator
17:28 Conclusion
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Hey Jon! Iâm delighted you loved âA Very British Pubâ. Littlemadam is an amazing person, who I also met on Horizons and is now a friend for life! I really appreciate the shout out to my pub and and our lovely guests! Hopefully Iâll catch you around! - TrainerCal
Hey TrainerCal! You've made a brilliant space with the pub. Congrats! Hope to see you there some time.
Why would you go to a virtual bar to meet friends, instead of going to a real bar and meeting friends AND being able to actually have a drink and eat food..... ? I just don't see the point of that, or indeed any of it.
@@andyf10 what about those who physically canât? Or mentally canât? VR offers an immersive experience for everyone. At least you canât get hurt in VR, or your drink spiked.
@@CaIlyH You can't get ANY drink in a VR bar. But hey, you can create a VR bar App without spending 15 billion dollars. Or you can just go to a zoom chat room for free. But hey, invest if you think it's a winner. The market disagrees...
@@andyf10 it is my pub haha, I created it and it cost me nothing. Just for fun
Thanks for video! Iâve seen mostly negative reviews of Horizon Worlds but the interaction you had with those guys at the pub and the church were amazing - gives a real taste of what this thing could grow into eventually! Agree that the graphics is not amazing, but itâs a start and it can only get better đ
Thank you! It didn't feel like anything special until I found people to talk to, and then it became a pretty cool social experience. New video coming this weekend where I talk about the graphics issue
Yeah i was thinking the same! Looks so cool. It's not available in my country yet sadly!
It still reminds me of Second Life from 15 years ago! But with worse graphics and fewer people. Heck Second Life is still around and has MORE people logged in at any one time than that mess and MUCH MUCH better graphics.
Thanks for the video idea! I will add exploring Second Life in 2022 to my list
Also try Utherverse.. !
@@thomasauslander3757 Thanks for the suggestion. It's on the list
Great video, thanks for giving such a thorough overview! Hope Horizon Worlds only continues to grow and improve!
It was really fun watching you experience Horizon Worlds for the first time and glad you got some enjoyment out of it! You are very personable đ
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it
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Great Channel hope it continues to grow. That Guy glitching at 14:33 had me in stitches. Hope you make more videos as I have yet to see much good metaverse content.
Thanks! Glitching guy had me laughing when I was editing it. Another metaverse video coming this weekend!
he probably put his headset down upside down
Thanks for the tutorial I`m new to VR so just trying to learn how to navigate around and get started in some apps still.
Thanks for the video! I think the real test is "when will someone's mom/grandmother/etc start using this?"
Also when big brands start setting up shop. When the first Starbucks appears you know things are getting serious
In 2 weeks this guy gained 160 subscribers. Good going man
Thanks asif! I really enjoy making these videos, and it's a ton of fun having you guys along for the ride. The support has been awesome
@@jbradley keep hustling man
Your video helped me to know the about what is horizon world, thanks
Thought this was a great first entry to HorizonWorlds. Hope you do more of these exploratory videos. . I havenât jumped into Horizons worlds yet, but charging up my Oculus now to go take a look.
Thank you, Audrie! I just uploaded a new video exploring VRChat. It was wild in parts!
Thank you for the unbiased report, Horizon is much better than its reputation
Whatever metaverse it is, whether it is Horizon, VRchat, Decentraland, Monaverse, Minecraft, etc... if used correctly and with the right people, any metaverse could be fun... love the vid man...keep it up đ
Thanks Jim! Completely agree with this. The key to a good metaverse experience is sharing it with others.
Fake news. Zuckerberg invented the metaverse. None has ever existed, not even the free to play VR chat on steam that looks better.
@@nekad2000 You're giving him a lot of credit
New sub here! You give a nonbiased glimpse to metaverse, and I appreciate you! Keep it up!
Thank you very much!
Wow this looks like a nightmare. playing this world for 2 hours and i would get bad dreams forever
its just people talking with avatars. stop being dramatic
@@Davideramahn np
It got pretty draining after a while
It's quite the hellscape. I can't imagine this will be around in a few years.
@Jun Ior It's more like a needful things situation. You don't pay with money.
not gonna lie, the interaction around 12:20 was quite adorable. The way the characters smiled, nodded, looked at each other.... there's potential here
Omg it was. What her avatar did (the nodding/facial movements) is that possible with the Quest 2 or only with Quest Pro?
It's possible with the Quest 2. The head tracking does the nodding, and the avatar mouth moves with your voice. There are also hand gestures that change the avatars facial expression. I think "thumbs up" makes them smile
Finaly I saw what it is actually, its even hard to find content with that Meta thing, so thx for this. Its complete trash, and not surprized Meta stock is crashing so rapidly.
Glad it helped. The platform is definitely disappointing a lot of people, so maybe Meta aren't the people to be leading on the metaverse
It's definitely hurting them right now
@@JustinWilliams-ed2ug Only a few in the news point out that the billions spent on reality labs are primarily R&D in all kinds of areas of vr, ai and hardware. And that the stock issues have very little to do with reality labs, which is a tiny portion of Meta and their hundreds of million dollar budgets. ;)
I hope you get to explore metaversus world too! It will be awesome to hear a review from your point of view.
Looks so cool this Iâll have to invest in an oculus quest 2!đ
Hope you grow your channel as big as possible! GO VR
Thanks Max007! I'm glad you're here
is there possibility to buy a gun or take a rock and smash someone who is offend you to the face? I mean if can't even punch someone then it's super boring.
Good to see a bit more positive take on the Metaverse, look forward to more videos!
Thank you! Glad you're here
love the video i plan to buy a meta quest 2 next year just i can go into Horizon Worlds
Lots of other great uses for the headset too
They will also release a Quest 3 next year! Just so you know :)
I just tried it for the first time at the comedy place and it was actually ok. The uk bar as well. I think people were just expecting miracles, but weâre at where weâre at I suppose
Yes, Horizon Worlds aside, metaverse platforms will improve over time.
That meeting people in the pub scene was pretty interesting mate. Horizon Worlds isn't in my country yet sadly. Would love to play it. Although i would be kinda nervous even to meet people in the world :P It's very different from chatting with strangers online on chat.
Yeah, it's actually pretty similar to talking with people irl. I was a bit hesitant at first but met some very welcoming people, same in VRChat, which I tried yesterday. Hope you get to try it soon
I just loaded Meta Horizons and I gotta say I had a lot of fun and met some really cool people and had some laughs.
Check out The Alley or Golden Ave for some realistic experiences
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check them out
How did you record what you're seeing in Quest 2?
In the Quest menu, there is a "sharing" option. This allows you to record video and the mic if you choose. The only problem is that the video and audio can go out of sync, so they have to be realigned in post.
Amazing simply amazing, looks like I can even talk with the people I hate.
You sure can!
The metaverse needs to have a purpose. That effects your real world life. For example you can walk around a virtual walmart, mall ect. within a server as an avatar where you can walk around run into friends also within the same server. You pick out groceries, electronics, ect. Then your items you picked up are shipped you linked with door dash, uber or whatever delivery service. Meaning you can shop for groceries or whatever without having to leave your house actually be able to see the product look at lables and still feel like your actually there.
Think how you are using online shops like amazon at the moment. The only reason to use metaverse instead would be a quicker and better shopping experience and there is no way to get there at the moment. This would need some technical advancements you can read in SF books about. Might be reality some day but i would estimate at least 50 years.
I would love this! I have anxiety here and I always hate having to leave my house would be cool to go the shops in VR in my own home!
Horizon Worlds Rocks!
Great Channel!
Thanks Teacher Mike!
Yes you can move around your home you just have to exit the menu button and you can also turn off the motion sickness tunnel vision. Itâs so many worlds to explore try meta fued next
Thank you :) I have the tunnel vision turned off in my next video that I'm editing now. I've added meta feud to my list of things to try. Any other suggestions?
Can you explore VRChat or second life?
Yes! I shot a video exploring VRChat that will be up this weekend
@@jbradley sweet
Top one for horizon or meta in creating ?
New video coming Sunday where I try building in Horizon! Good suggestion for a ranking video.
Would love to show u around some cool worlds.
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I made the thumb nail đđ, great video dude!
Hey Brandon! Thanks dude
Even if the graphics looked real I still would not use it . This is nothing more then a way to get people back to using Facebook after there big lost and now it looks as if they are losing again lol .
Would you use other metaverse platforms? What about one that wasn't owned by a tech giant?
@@jbradley Nope , I enjoy the real world not some simulation of the the world .
@@umumumletmecircleback6232 How do you know the real world isn't a simulation? đ
@@jbradley If thats the case there is nothing I can say or do about it .
I find it insulting that they give you legs during the avatar customization screen but take them away when youâre in the gameâŠ
For 2022 standards, these graphics are total ass.
I agree and hoped it would be better, but I also think there could be some valid reasons why it looks this way. Currently editing my next video where I talk about bad graphics in the metaverse
@@jbradley I tend to agree there are valid reasons. Especially after watching meta connect and listening to leadership talk about the challenge of making something truly scalable - to potentially billions of people, eventually - that can also accurately render every person's face in real time on user friendly STANDALONE headsets (a nascent technology, if you think about them as a new computing platform altogether). The scale of their ambition is astonishing...execution remains to be seen. I'm very interested in your additional thoughts / insights on why the graphics suck for now, and what the timeline might realistically be for a major upgrade considering the hardware/ software constraints.
17:05 The Jesus statue is just a cheap copy of the Rio's world-famous sculpture. Very creative, huh? At least it (seemingly) has legs!
can u go into metaverse without vr just on a pc
The quest is standalone, no pc needed just an internet connection. Thats one of the reasons thr graphics are simple, theres no huge brick sized RTX gamer card or anything its all rendered on the headset.
Oh do you mean no 3d or headset? Yes for a lot of things like vrchat, but not horizons yet, they announced it is coming though.
Thanks for answering some of the questions in the comments :)
This just looks lonely and depressing actually
I think it could be good with friends, but can't see people spending too long in it right now
I did not see any bugs in your video. Why did people say there are a lot of bugs in Horizon World?
I have seen an issue where recording more than 30 seconds on the new camera crashes the app, but other than that my experience has been bug free. That's just my experience though
@@JustinWilliams-ed2ug yeah, me too. I think other people might not have experience in Metaverse before and they confused with user interface but Jon Bradley have tried Decentraland before. I will try it by myself too.
@@JustinWilliams-ed2ug Why?
@@JustinWilliams-ed2ug they are developing really fast a new version several times a month i think
Looks like cartoon characters, , billions lost on this ? ? Incredible
15 billion? There's got to be a lot of skimming going on.
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15 billion is for all of reality labs I believe⊠meaning all the headset hardware, sales, research etc products like portal and raybans glasses, plus buildings, data centers ai research ar development, etc. vr is only a portion of that, and software an even tinier portion, with horizon being one of those projects. And all of that still is about comparable to what microsoft spent just creating the xbox.
U know what these worlds
need and this is even a problem in VRChat, is more ambiance itâs to quiet, blank silence is unnerving. U always hear something normally. Birds, wind , trees, ac unit, fridge dogs, cars driving by ectâŠ
Same as Nintendo Wii ! - but if it was made in the 2000's, like Sims.
It's freaky that no one has legs.
Please more screen recording videos, and more feelings maybe, thank you
Thanks J. New video exploring Roblox has just gone up. VRChat next weekend
Second Life = 20 years ago
Are all these VR worlds so cartoon like? I would prefer environments with a more photorealistic look, like in a 3D open world game. Also, I wonder why you canât build your avatars face based upon actual selfies. With options to tweak of course but still Iâd rather meet avatars that I knew looked something like their real world users as opposed to something completely made up.
Photorealism will come, but remember this is new tech, not a pc game⊠there are limits to hardware, networking issues, server infastructure etc that are all different enough from mainstream game dev or even typical vr game dev to require new approaches. The question becomes, given its effectively a product in development has it changed much in the past year? Iâd say definitely. Itâll be like no mans sky, where the early experience is completely different from what it becomes. ;)
Oh regarding face avatars, look up what meta shared during connect with their research for realistic human avatars. Again, its coming. :D
keep tweeking this ,catch up to the past
Catch up to the past?
The question is, who is this for?
It's a good question. Meta are maybe casting too big of a net for users at this stage
Your so nice
Thanks
its like watching a guy trip on bad acid.
Hahaha thanks for watching
Looks like something from a late 90's game console. Probably explains why most people set aside the gear in less than 2 months.
No thanks.
Can anyone explain to me why these metaverse games look soo bad from a technical perspective? They look like video games from maybe 15 years ago despite
their Multi Billion Dollar budgets which I think is their biggest problem. They are just not very appealing. If this would at least look like GTA 5, I'd be down but that's the
minimum amount of detail I'd expect from a virtual world to walk around in.
The entire thing is being run on the headset, not a pc with a huge graphics card. This little computer is handling network stuff, all the game code, tracking position etc in real time, tracking hands and controls, rendering two screens at 90-120 fps doing physics collisions etc etc. and the â15 billionâ is for all of reality labs they make headsets, glasses, portals etc ⊠r&d ar, buildings, ai, sales, produce events and concerts yadda yadda horizon is a tiny part of their org, just a single project.
Motion sickness...
Why don't you play it sitting down? There is no need to stand up. You can control your movement using the joysticks. LOL
I spend all day at a desk. It's nice to stand up for something.
@@jbradley That's you problem. I play with my dog and run everyday. I also have to run around 2 acre property. You need to save some money and buy some land, not that silly Quest 2 and all the expensive upgrades and accessories. Guest what? My BMI is 23.
None of the women are really women in the metaverse
Vrchat....puts horizons to shame..did zuk not know vrchat existed to launch horizon worlds as the latest greatest tech with billions put into it just to have none of that... it's more akin to altworlds. But this whole thing reminds me of the fallout 76 fanasco.. Although the video poster have you been on vrchat? I was at work while watching on break so did not have time to see the whole video if you made any mention or comparison to vrchat is why i asked.
I just uploaded a VRChat video. It is better in some ways, but less suitable for a mainstream audience (right now at least).
@@jbradley and ahh okies thanks for the reply.
billions of dollars for this crappy virtual world... wow
What do you think of the other metaverse platforms?
The press keeps saying this, but those billions spent are on reality labs as a whole, which is doing R&D, hardware development, infastructure, ai etc etc, and only a few journlists point that out. And as far as I can tell thats about the same amount as the other big players like apple are spending.
Why the horrible outdated graphics that look like something from a early 1990s computer game ?
Because its being run on a wearable standalone device not a pc. Most graphics cards are bigger than the entire headset.
....Wow okay that is depressing. The fundamental graphics are not good, it's like VRChat but the 3D models don't even have legs!!
What a creepy game
the infantilization of these bugp eople is just cre epy
So grown up people think this sort of thing is a good way to spend time?
No wonder the weak, woke West is in such deep trouble
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This looks like a colossal waste of everyone's time. I honestly can't see how Billions have gone into this. It has to be the largest investment and flop in video game history.This honestly looks like the dumbest thing. If it was a concept I'd be like ah good work, but it's a full fledged product that they've spent Billions on. Billions. Just let that sit in. Billions. Where did it all go? Like sony's Home was a better looking, and better experience then this trash.
Not many people on it. I've tried it myself but gave up quickly. Boring, uninteresting and full of screaming kids. Only way I see adults adopting this is when graphic is like real world and headset resolution is crystal clear
There are definitely screaming kids around but I think some worlds are strictly adults only
I believe Zuck is working on it. he just posted better graphic picture on instagram
I hated the avatar creator, there were no military uniforms and tech. Meta-lame
Yeah
This looks like a very crappy game that should have come out 5 years ago ,really disappointing
What would you want to see from the metaverse?
Such a horrible MMO đ
Wow these comments are polarised!
The metaverse looks so boring frankly.
pretty boring watching you throw paper airplanes a million times
A million times? đ I'm working on making the videos more engaging. Still figuring out my processes and editing
horizon world sucks
There is so much more! Add me JoJoNoTo
It looks awful. That tunnel-vision effect is annoying beyond words and the environment suffers from poor attention to detail. The paper airplanes, for example, were folded incorrectly, with their wings down.
#hardpass
You care what the paper airplanes look like? Man, I never once thought of that. It's a social experience in its infancy, not a AAA title. Everything will evolve drastically over time.
You can disable the tunnel vision effect from the menu by the way, that's the first thing I did when I entered.
The vignette looks worse in this video than in VR. I know people who find this helps with motion sickness, but maybe it should be disabled by default. As Freakish said below, it can be disabled manually.
Thanks! I will make sure to do that for future videos
These guys are extremly wierd i think
Which guys?