There is this theory about the future
That we will become blended with technology
Physically
And
virtually
Chips in our arms that can diagnose problems before you even feel them
Virtual worlds so grand
That they might be better than reality
Artificial Intelligence
Cryptocurrency
We were building towards a whole new world
Some people call it
The Metaverse
It was coming
And there was no way to prevent it
It was inevitable
Technology wasn't going to go backwards
It only goes forward
Exponentially forward
Most of the Metaverse is already here
Digital worlds
Our screen time
It was all adding up
Affecting our psychology
And
Taking over our lives
A lot of people cringe at the term
Metaverse
Its strange
They don’t realize it's already here
Netflix makes choices for us
An algorithm recommends
And we obey
Youtube does it
They all do
Feeding us
Assisting us in making our choices
What we will fill our brains with
Our free will
Maybe we didn’t have it anymore
Free will
But maybe we never did
Our phones tell us how many steps we’ve taken
Watches tell us how we’ve slept
We have these new rings
They can detect your blood volume pulse
Your temp
And your activity level
All with advanced sensors
It can store your data for 6 weeks
We will be able to provide doctors with solid data
Our lifespan will push one hundred years
We can easily track each other with our phones
I wonder
what else is out there
That the Chinese
That us Americans
That the Russians
And the Idians
What do their governments have?
What do they have that we have no idea about?
Five friends were sitting around a poker table
In a virtual reality
Their five bizarre avatars
In a big dark room filled with smoke
One green alien with one giant eye and a sideways visor and yellow sunglasses sat on his nose, not covering his giant eye at all.
One human man in a hawaiian shirt and bright red hair
He had a cigar in his mouth and his biceps were huge
A curvy blonde lady with perfect tits and a tight low cut black dress
An Octopus with one card in six tentacles
And his two other tentacles held two different drinks
He also had on sunglasses
And young Nuruto Uzumaki with a joint dangling between his lips
They were gambling with cryptocurrency
But it digitally looked like real money
They laughed
And drank
And gambled
All having a great time
The octopus had most of the money
He sipped both his drinks simultaneously from two long straws
The blonde was flirting with the alien
The others could feel the sexual tension in the smoke filled room
It was a great night for the five friends
but
In reality
The ‘real’ world
They were all sitting in their rooms
In their shitty apartments
Wearing virtual reality goggles
Their weekly Friday night poker game.