{"id":28673,"date":"2022-08-08T11:55:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T18:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/?p=28673"},"modified":"2023-09-28T02:51:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T09:51:23","slug":"metaverse-jobs-and-how-to-land-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/news\/metaverse-jobs-and-how-to-land-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Metaverse in the Making: A Primer on Metaverse Jobs and How to Land One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a new video series launched by Meta, formerly known as Facebook, singer and actress Keke Palmer hosts late night talk show-style interviews with metaverse experts\u2013denizens of an incredible, interconnected virtual world so limitless in scope and customizability that no one really knows how to explain it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first episode<\/a> of Are We There Yet?<\/em> Palmer chats with Vishal Shah, whose job title at Meta is VP of metaverse. While riding in a self-driving blue convertible whizzing through a dizzying array of colorful virtual worlds, Palmer and Shah play a game called \u201cNow, Future, Never,\u201d in which Palmer suggests weird and wacky propositions for things one can and cannot do in the metaverse. Want to take your grandma bungee jumping? Visit future Mars with human colonies on it? Create a giant virtual banana to go rock-climbing on? All of these things, according to Shah can be\u2013or already have been\u2013done in the metaverse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Like in the early days of Web 2.0, when the World Wide Web seemed exasperatingly abstract to laypeople who weren\u2019t involved in building, funding, or \u201clife-hacking\u201d the internet as we know it, the metaverse today seems to be an exclusive stomping ground for gaming companies and early adopters rather than a new way of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWeb3 companies are trying to break or lower the barriers to entry,\u201d said Thomas Proust, a blockchain developer at ZILLA and a mentor for Springboard\u2019s Data Science Career Track<\/a>. \u201cBut for the regular internet user, it\u2019s more or less like when your grandparents were trying to learn how to use the internet.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The simplest explanation for the metaverse is that it\u2019s an immersive version of the internet that blends our digital and physical worlds. Users can spend time with friends remotely, visit virtual retail stores, attend virtual events, play games, and buy and sell digital assets using cryptocurrencies. To some, this sounds like a future dystopia: a Matrix-<\/em>like life lived entirely through a virtual reality headset. In reality, it\u2019s just a different way of doing the things we already do on the internet, like recreating, transacting, and interacting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe metaverse will have a different impact on people\u2019s daily lives depending on how they use it,\u201d says Ian Khan, a metaverse keynote speaker and author of Metaverse for Dummies<\/em><\/a>. \u201cFor some, it’ll be a place to spend a few minutes per day, while for others, it could be a place where they earn their income and work full-time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what exactly is <\/em>the metaverse, and how does it work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The feeling of presence is the defining quality of the metaverse. While participating in the metaverse version of a Zoom call, you\u2019ll be able to see the facial expressions and body language of your coworkers\u2019 avatars. Digital art will manifest in three dimensions. Video chats and web URLs appear before your field of vision like a holograph. You can even customize a home to look any way you want, right down to the view outside your virtual \u201cwindow.\u201d Teleporting around the metaverse will be like clicking a link on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Characteristics of the metaverse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Aside from its immersive nature, the metaverse has a number of characteristics that distinguish it from web 2.0 as we know it today.
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