Well, I figure it's something of KoFen's opposite, offering a very different experience. The metaverse is for people who want to do the Snow Crash thing. It's a lot rougher, a lot wilder and has to run reliably on very different hardware. It also does just about anything from public chatrooms, spectator sports, business meetings and events.... anything anyone can think to code up, for good or ill. You're responsible for securing your own server, setting out your own stall, and being careful what you download. (The lack of security underlying the system is part of the plot, mind).
From what I gather, KoFen is, to be short, something of a walled garden. So it's a guaranteed safe, secure high-quality experience, at a price.
I was about to say that the 'verse isn't likely to be addictive because it usually teeters on the brink of the uncanny valley for most things, but then I remembered WoW.
And well, given the.... character... of a the Puppet Party, it would require certain special hardware just to get in the door. Jet knows AC better than VF so would likely contact her first, unless AC's outright too busy at the time. Jet's only going because she thinks someone wants to tell her something important about sn0wcat's death.... but is unable to get the information to her without being watched. In the Puppet Party, they'll likely get lost among the sea of dolls and be able to pass things on. And we'll have Ford being jealous on the comm-link, and Jet being just plain out of her depth....
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From what I gather, KoFen is, to be short, something of a walled garden. So it's a guaranteed safe, secure high-quality experience, at a price.
I was about to say that the 'verse isn't likely to be addictive because it usually teeters on the brink of the uncanny valley for most things, but then I remembered WoW.
And well, given the.... character... of a the Puppet Party, it would require certain special hardware just to get in the door. Jet knows AC better than VF so would likely contact her first, unless AC's outright too busy at the time. Jet's only going because she thinks someone wants to tell her something important about sn0wcat's death.... but is unable to get the information to her without being watched. In the Puppet Party, they'll likely get lost among the sea of dolls and be able to pass things on. And we'll have Ford being jealous on the comm-link, and Jet being just plain out of her depth....
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