2579 CE: The 97th AI Winter has just begun. The migration of the office furniture back to its warehouses begins, to await a new dawn when someone tries to make metaverses happen again in a year or so. 5% of the planet's usable land area now warehouses startup office furniture. No-one has made new office furniture for 300 years; no-one even knows how. Not even the chatbots know how.
(Slightly) more seriously, I wonder how much repeat business they get. Have some items been in and out multiple times? Do they keep a database of the history of each item? In the future, will there be a collector's market for Aerons with interesting pedigrees?
> John noticed a mark under the faded asset tag. Pulling it back, he found strange runes under the adhesive. As he ran his finger over it, he could see the runes glow in the darkened warehouse.
> The runes burned with what looked like fire, but were cold to the touch. John felt a growing attraction to the chair, it MUST be his, he MUST keep it, it came to him! His all, his … PRECIOUS.
This reminds me of a GoPro I borrowed from a friend.
He got a new GoPro and mounted it on his bicycle. That first trip he took with it he was hit by a car.
As he was recovering, I borrowed it for a motorcycle trip I was about to go on. Mounted it on the bike, and ended up lowsiding on a mountain pass. I'm sure it was the GoPro and not my fault at all.
There were only two recordings that GoPro ever recorded and both ended in injuries for the rider. I don't think it was ever used again.
> when someone tries to make metaverses happen again
While web3/metaverse as a branding concept flopped, the incumbents (roblox, fortnite, minecraft, gta creator mode) are growing strong with roblox leading the pack
Strange name, really, considering that people that inhabit metaverse realities by and large (of course there are outliers and corner cases) have no primary life. Should be called mylife or reallife or getalife or something more like that.
(Slightly) more seriously, I wonder how much repeat business they get. Have some items been in and out multiple times? Do they keep a database of the history of each item? In the future, will there be a collector's market for Aerons with interesting pedigrees?