The Metaverse Handbook

CHAPTER 9Your Metaverse Plan

Not long ago, we read an article about a man who had driven his car past the million-mile mark. In a little over three decades, Jim O'Shea managed to keep his same Volvo operating and pass the monumental milestone with ease. He was inspired to do so after hearing about another man by the name of Irv Gordon, who had driven his 1966 Volvo past that benchmark by 1993 (and continued to a record of 3.2 million miles). Like most people, we've never even considered owning a car that long, let alone racking up that many miles without any major accidents. However, the idea got us thinking.

What device or technology do we use today that could pass the (metaphorical) million-mile mark?

Believe us, we racked our brains for a while on this thought prompt. Outside of maybe an analog watch, a few well-made kitchen appliances, and certain retro video game consoles, consumer technology usually doesn't go the distance. At least on the hardware side of things. But as far as software goes, there are numerous technologies that have surpassed their million miles of lifetime usage. Microsoft Office Suite, HTTPS, Google Search, file formats, Linux OS…the list goes on.

Even as this software evolves, we have the ability to bridge the old standards with the new. And that's how we feel about the Metaverse today. The Metaverse is a software, and we're only at version 1. It's challenging to see what version 2 looks like and downright impossible to see what version 3 may hold. ...