尽管 Metaverse 的概念仍处于起步阶段，但以太坊的创建者认为，像 Facebook 这样的科技巨头将很难为其奠定基础。
以太坊创始人维塔利克·布特林 (Vitalik Buterin) 周日在 Twitter 上表达了他对新兴行业未来的看法，并认为寻求构建 Metaverse 的企业不太可能成功。
“‘元宇宙’将会出现，但我认为目前任何有意构建元宇宙的企业尝试都不会成功，”Buterin 说。
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这位 28 岁的加拿大程序员在回应 Dean Eigenmann 的断言时表示，“虽然关于元宇宙概念的想法符合逻辑，但他不相信它会通过风险投资资金实现。”
Eigenmann 继续说道，“我宁愿在魔兽世界里闲逛，也不愿和这个元宇宙中的大多数垃圾在一起。”
区块链上增强现实和虚拟现实技术的概念和发展主导了元宇宙。然而，Metaverse 的概念仍然模棱两可。
用通俗的说法，虚拟世界被认为是一个 3D 虚拟世界网络，人们可以在其中互动、开展业务并使用化身或他们自己的虚拟版本创建社交关系。
Facebook 的母公司 Meta 于 2021 年底更名，作为拥抱 Metaverse 过渡的一部分，使其成为迄今为止对 Metaverse 表达兴趣的最著名的企业参与者。
Meta 首席执行官马克扎克伯格。图片：今日商业
以太坊大脑 Buterin 在批评企业进军虚拟空间时公开点名 Meta。
在回应一条推文时，这位以太坊创始人辩称，以元界为中心的企业肯定会失败，因为“现在确定人们想要什么还为时过早。”
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根据麦肯锡公司的最新研究Co., Metaverse 的价值可能达到到 2030 年将达到 5 万亿美元 .这表明随着时间的推移，Metaverse 对各个行业和企业的预测影响。
根据麦肯锡的初步预测（2.6 万亿美元），电子商务是创造元宇宙的主要经济力量，超过了虚拟学习（2700 亿美元）、营销（2060 亿美元）和游戏（1250 亿美元）等领域。
Meta 的首席执行官马克扎克伯格出于各种原因将 Metaverse 描述为一个“巨大的机会”，声称数字领域的开发平台将“随着时间的推移释放数千亿美元，如果不是数万亿美元的话。”
周四，该公司宣布其专注于 Metaverse 的 Reality Labs 部门季度亏损 28.1 亿美元。因此，该部门年初至今的亏损达到惊人的 57.8 亿美元。
也许，Buterin 所说的关于 Facebook 试图创建元宇宙的尝试——以及“失败”——有很大的分量。
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