Welcome to the Metaverse

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Blog

Abstract

Imagine being able to teleport anywhere, change your appearance, ride a dragon, or build your own fantasy home. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook (now named “Meta”), recently announced the creation of “the metaverse,” an immersive virtual world in which you can do all these things. The term “metaverse” was coined in a 1990s novel titled Snow Crash which depicted a future where people entered a virtual world to escape a dystopian reality.

Publication Date

9-6-2022

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