Is a Metaverse a Video Game?

Machu Pichu
Pio is really happy that Latin American universities are working to promote virtual worlds as tools to empower education. That's the case of the Proyecto de Mundos Virtuales - Second USMP of the  San Martín de Porres Univeristy in Perú.  The USMP has been in Second Life since 2008
The have recently started a series of 3d interviews that have as venue their campus in Second Life.  San Martin de Porres University features a simulation of the beautiful  Citadel of Machu Pichu  the legendary Inca´s Village, one of the 7 new marvels of the world. The first interview topic explores  Metaverses..  by asking the question .... Is a metaverse a video game? 

 In this opportunity, Max Ugaz (Maximo Eames) Director de Second USMP
Amparo Cervantes A. (Amparo Delvalle) Investigadora en Mundos Virtuales and 
Fernando Pascual (Nandi Saenz) Desarrollador en Mundos Virtuales discussed on the topic. 


 You can visit their channel YouTube USMP 3D Televisión and find multiple resources. 



In the discussion they try to define some key concepts.. Metaverse, virtual worlds, virtual reality and video games. Researching here and there, Pio found the definition provided by The Metaverse Roadmap organization.. they say.. 
What happens when video games meet Web 2.0? When virtual worlds meet geospatial maps of the planet meet pervasive web video? When simulations get real and life and business go virtual? When you use a virtual Earth to navigate the physical Earth, the internet swallows the television, and your avatar becomes your online agent? What happens is the metaverse.
Los metaversos son entornos donde los humanos interactúan social y económicamente como iconos, a través de un soporte lógico en un ciberespacio que actúa como una metáfora del mundo real, pero sin las limitaciones físicas allí impuestas.

 Virtual words exist in the metaverse.. according to the VWBPE, A virtual world is an online community that takes the form of a unique environment through which users can interact with one another and use and create ideas irrespective of time and space. Virtual worlds can be either 2D or 3d. They may be co-located or distributed. The core aspect that defines a virtual space is that a virtual environment provides a uniquely shared space for emerging relationships and serves as a foundation for the development of knowledge creation and sharing.

 Un mundo virtual es un tipo de comunidad virtual en línea que simula un mundo o entorno artificial inspirado o no en la realidad, en el cual los usuarios pueden interactuar entre sí a través de personajes o avatares, y usar objetos o bienes virtuales.

Para ser un mundo virtual, se requiere un mundo en línea persistente, activo y disponible 24 horas al día y todos los días. Mundos virtuales son hechos para que los usuarios vivan e interactúen, generalmente en tiempo real. Los personajes, o avatares, son representados por gráficos en 2D, 2,5D o 3D según el mundo virtual.

Virtual reality (VR) is a computer-simulated environment that can simulate physical presence in places in the real world or imagined worlds.

 Realidad virtual es una ciencia basada en el empleo de ordenadores y otros dispositivos, cuyo fin es producir una apariencia de realidad que permita al usuario tener la sensación de estar presente en ella.



A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. 

 El videojuego está creado para el entretenimiento en general o para el desarrollo de disciplinas profesionales, educativas o de salud y basado en la interacción entre una o varias personas por medio de un controlador y un aparato electrónico que ejecuta dicho videojuego;  este dispositivo electrónico puede ser una computadora, una máquina arcade, una videoconsola, un dispositivo portátil (un teléfono móvil, por ejemplo) los cuales son conocidos como "plataformas". Aunque, usualmente el término "video" en la palabra "videojuego" se refiere en sí a un visualizador de gráficos rasterizados, hoy en día se utiliza para hacer uso de cualquier tipo de visualizador.


Congratulations to the USMP on this new educational adventure... we'll keep in touch and follow these interesting discussions.

 Well, Keep on shining love and peace, everyone.
Pionia Destiny

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