What Is the Metaverse?
The metaverse is made up of an online virtual world which incorporates augmented reality, virtual reality, video and 3D holographic avatars. It uses several elements of technology that allows users to “live” within a digital world.
Why Should You Care?
The metaverse will have the ability to connect you digitally to the world beyond the capabilities of what you can do physically. It’s a new version of the internet that will allow you to interact with places and people in an ennew way. It will give you acess to the world without having to “physically” be present.
Everything in the metaverse world points toward a more immersive entertainment experience that engages all the senses while remaining true to you and where you are willing to go in this digital world. In the metaverse, unlimited users and businesses can explore, create, socialize, and participate in a wide variety of communities and experiences.
The Metaverse is not entirely new.
A science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson titled “Snow Crash,” published in 1992, is credited with coining the term “metaverse.” He has envisioned lifelike avatars meeting in realistic 3D environments and other virtual environments.