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Obviously,this hasnt materialized.
Below are a few preliminary thoughts.
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Virtual Reality (VR):Fully artificial environment; full immersion in a virtual environment.
Extended Reality (XR) / Metaverse:a mix of all of the above.
Metaverse Research Scientist
AR and VR research scientists are already a staple of top universities and major tech companies.
What the future holds is bigger.
This is an insanely complex undertaking.
You also need to know C++.
Good luck with that.
Metaverse Planner
Ideas are cheap.
As will selecting the right things to do with(in) this expanding digital world.
This is where the Metaverse Planner comes in.
I dont know, but Im sure a Planner could figure it out.
Ecosystem Developer
The Metaverse wont come about on its own, through The Zucks sheer volition.
An entire ecosystem will need to be built around it.
We can compare that difficulty to that currently faced by the car industry transitioning to electric vehicles.
They will push for governmental investments in infrastructure and animate large communities of actors.
Metaverse Safety Manager
You know how the internet is a safe place for everyone?
And anyone who claims the Metaverse will be any better is kidding themselves.
All without sacrificing cutting-edge functionality or design or cutting into revenues obviously.
That person will be the Metaverse Safety Manager.
It wont be an easy job.
How to become an XR Safety Manager: Have an Engineering degree and consumer electronics/manufacturing experience.
Metaverse Hardware Builder
The Metaverse will not (only) be built on code.
It will (also) be built on sensors, and cameras, and headsets.
Sensors that make you feel touched if someone squeezes your… arm online.
Cameras that see if youre in a horrid mood so that the AI doesnt bother you too much.
Headsets that feel the sun around you and project a summer day in the digital world for added realism.
And a Metaverse Hardware Builder will need to assemble it and adapt it as the Metaverse becomes more complex.
Currently, the best sensors are created for industrial operations and the automotive industry.
These are industries with massive amounts of capital.
How to become a Sensor Builder: have a factory capable of creating complex consumer electronics.
Hey, I never said itd be easy.
We want to laugh.
We want to cry.
We want to learn.
We want to see slightly kinky things in the digital world.
This is where the Metaverse Storyteller comes in.
the list goes on.
They will not be paid well, unless you count exposure as payment which, no you dont.
And isnt that the dream?
And I dont mean coding them.
I mean imagining them.
Theyll also need to consider rules and ethics.
When the digital world feels real, is it OK to kill someone in it?
Weve already started asking ourselves these questions, but were far from the end of the discussion.
How to become a World Builder: Be half warrior-poet, half graphic designer.
Being good at Minecraft wouldnt hurt either.
Ad-Blocking Expert
How does Facebook… sorry, Meta, make money?
By selling subscriptions to its misinformation factory?
By harvesting and selling organs?
By receiving donations from dictators?
Of course not (?).
And let me tell you, the Metaverse will probably be run in a very, very similar way.
Call it DNA, I guess.
You think Instagrams ads are well-targeted and annoying?
Imagine youre walking around a digital space, and youre hungry in the real world.
Un-knowingly, you stare a bit longer at the digital cafes and restaurants along your way.
And what do you know, a minute later, you start getting ads for food.
Sounds fun at first, but intrusive in the longer run.
This is where Ad-Blocking Experts come in.
), hacked headsets… the possibilities for things to go wrong are very nearly countless.
This is why well need Metaverse Cyber-Security Experts.
Unpaid Intern
I know.
Im kind of cheating to get to a nice round number.
But hear me out.
Unpaid interns dont only get coffee.
They grind the data.
They produce VCs decks appendices.
They write the codes for the rocks and the trees.
They are the necessary fodder on the back of whom tech empires have been built.
And we should salute their sacrifices.
Also, we should pay them.
But it wont happen all at once.
The Metaverse will require countless new technologies, protocols, companies, innovations, and discoveries to work.
just dont take that darkness with you to the Metaverse.
Want to read more about future jobs?
Check out my other article18 Jobs of the Future (no one is prepared for).
Good luck out there
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