[ExI] Epic Games Raised $1 Billion to Fund Its Vision for Building the Metaverse

[John Grigg]

 BILLK wrote:
"Reminds me of the film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
(2017) Director: Luc Besson
I enjoyed the spectacle and want to see it again. Too much to take in
with one viewing!"

If there was ever a film that suffered from bad casting, and a lack of
chemistry between the two leads, it was Valerian! I had such high hopes for
it, especially because of my deep love for The Fifth Element. But I found
it to be a titanic disappointment, though the opening sequence was
fantastic...

There is an anime based on Valerian which is actually pretty good.

John

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 8:25 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 at 12:21, John Grigg via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > "So what’s “the metaverse,” anyway? The term was coined in 1992 when
> Neal Stephenson published his hit sci-fi novel Snow Crash, in which the
> protagonist moves between a virtual world and the real world fighting a
> computer virus. In the context of Epic Games’ announcement, the metaverse
> will be not just a virtual world, but the virtual world—a digitized version
> of life where anyone can exist as an avatar or digital human and interact
> with others. It will be active even when people aren’t logged into it, and
> would link all previously-existing virtual worlds, like an internet for
> virtual reality.
> >
> >
> https://singularityhub.com/2021/04/14/epic-games-raised-1-billion-to-fund-its-vision-for-building-the-metaverse/
> > _______________________________________________
>
>
> Reminds me of the film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
> (2017) Director: Luc Besson
> I enjoyed the spectacle and want to see it again. Too much to take in
> with one viewing!
>
> Quote from Roger Ebert review -
> “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” is an utter delight and
> one of the most gorgeous fantasies to hit the screen in recent
> memory—the kind of film that can take moviegoers logy from the usual
> array of craptaculars and render them giddy with its pure fun. The
> question, of course, is whether viewers will be willing to give its
> weirdo charms a chance. But if you want to come away from a film
> feeling dazzled instead of simply dazed, this is an absolute must.
> Besides, it is almost certainly going to become a cult favorite in a
> few years, so why not get in on the ground floor while you can?
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