Metaverse is a broad term. It generally refers to shared virtual world environments which people can access via the internet.
The term can refer to digital spaces which are made more lifelike by the use of virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR).
Some people also use the word metaverse to describe gaming worlds, in which users have a character that can walk around and interact with other players.
There is also a specific type of metaverse which uses blockchain technology.
In these, users can buy virtual land and other digital assets using cryptocurrencies.
Many science fiction books and films are set in fully-fledged metaverses – alternative digital worlds which are indistinguishable from the real physical world.
But this is still the stuff of fiction.
Currently, most virtual spaces look more like the inside of a video game than real life.
Facebook Inc. under fire from regulators and lawmakers over its business practices, is planning to rebrand itself with a new name that focuses on the metaverse, the Verge reported.
Fans of the metaverse see it as the next stage in the development of the internet.
At the moment, people interact with each other online by going to websites such as social media platforms or using messaging applications.
The idea of the metaverse is that it will create new online spaces in which people’s interactions can be more multi-dimensional, where users are able to immerse themselves in digital content rather than simply viewing it.
The accelerated interest in the metaverse can be seen as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
As more people have started working and going to school remotely, there has been an increased demand for ways to make online interaction more lifelike.
[[can be more multi-dimensional]]
BUT only as a “perfect” avatar of their own making. When the game world stops, it is back to reality, and depression as they sit around the house having to,deal,with the fact that they have no real friends, and are socially inept because thye spend so much time alone and don’t know how to interact with people face to face outside of their own family structure. The go from being introverts in real life to beign extroverts in fake life online, but then they have to come back to reality at some point, and it will depress the snot out of many. Even before all this, more and more folks were becoming socially inept, and depressed. It’s just gonna get worse with metaverse “life” I thjnk. Maybe not, but it seems to,be headed that way.
It will devolve into x-rated content that Howard from the Big Bang Theory tv show would love.