My brainstorming in 1st week was totally “Jack in the wanderland”. I just wandered about many keyword I was interested in Low-res classes until now, but failed to make connection or developing from each of it. Until now I managed well to find & choose topic during the Low-res classes (whether it was successful or not ^^;), but this time the pressure of “FINAL topic of Low-res” made it hard to enjoy thinking about the idea.

Until last fall semester, my thought was fully focused on “Toy”, especially for “Smart toy”. But after I fully researched on about it at the Critical Experience class in las fall, I realized the naive concept of it and little bit free from the idea of physical toy. Until now, ‘Computer’ has been the most smartest toy (if SMART is really existing), and it’s time to move on my biggest concern of my life, “SPACE”. I was really sick and tired of naive “metaverse” discourses nowaday like most game industry workers who already played & lived in the game metaverse more than decades-long, however I could not understand what’s going on now & will be the future of this paradigm shift of virtual space.

Maybe I will use Unity (if possible VR) for tools which I learned in J-term & already familiar with my game industry background. But from where I begin to think about it for this huge topic? I checked again my shattered Miro keyword, and “I-You” card seized my eyes. So during two weeks, I was thinking about 3 ideas up to “about what & for whom” related to metaverse topic.

Idea#1 : If, Metaverse is about ‘We”

→ Future of SNS in Metaverse world.

: More ‘Virtual Space’ SNS expressing each one’s identity

: Everyone has their own “world – like star” in the metaverse, and people can travel each other’s world & be connected.

??? My biggest concern : Whatever I think & make something in this idea, it will be similar like Meta’s Horizon or other naive metaverses which I hate a lot….

Idea#2 : If, “I” am the “Metaverse”

→ My Life Museum

: Now, “You” are the center of the world, not any kind ‘Mass’ like country, religion, or any ideology or dogma.

: Exhibit one’s life in the metaverse museum.

: This is the development of my another Low-res Fall work in below – Life Logging.

https://my-life-log.glitch.me/

??? Am “I” really the center of the world? Maybe it’s more meaningful than Insta or Tiktak, but can it be totally different from SNS or Biography?

Idea#3 : If, Metaverse is not about “I or You or We”….then what?

→ Metaverse is ‘The Metamorphoses’

→ Most powerful & oldest Role Playing Game = PLAY (in theater)

—> Then, how about “ Play Live Play in the Metaverse” = Meta PLAY.

!!! Even it’s not developed well, this idea make me think totally different perspective about metaverse idea with endless continuing idea….

Maybe I need to research A LOT more about Space & Metaverse and other related stories, but I just happy to find some clue about my thesis topic during 2 weeks.

– Jack