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One man is responsible for you often hearing or reading about metaverse in 2021 novelist Neal Stephenson. Stephenson coined the word metaverse in his 1992 dystopian novel ‘Snow Crash’ to describe a 3-dimensional virtual world where humans interact as ‘avatars’. For the uninitiated, ‘avatars’ are the graphical representations of real-life humans. Fast forward to 2021 …

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Facebook has just announced it’s going to hire 10,000 people in Europe to develop the “metaverse”. This is a concept which is being talked up by some as the future of the internet. But what exactly is it? What is the metaverse? To the outsider, it may look like a souped-up version of Virtual Reality …

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Walmart appears to be venturing into the metaverse with plans to create its own cryptocurrency and collection of non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. The big-box retailer filed several new trademarks late last month that indicate its intent to make and sell virtual goods, including electronics, home decorations, toys, sporting goods and personal care products. In a …

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I first wrote about the Metaverse in 2018, and overhauled my thinking in a January 2020 update: The Metaverse: What It Is, Where to Find it, Who Will Build It, and Fortnite. Since then, a lot has happened. COVID-19 forced hundreds of millions into Zoomschool and remote work. Roblox became one of the most popular …

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Facebook’s CEO on why the social network is becoming ‘a metaverse company’ sAs June came to an end, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told his employees about an ambitious new initiative. The future of the company would go far beyond its current project of building a set of connected social apps and some hardware to support …

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