The metaverse, things you need to know to get your business to the next digital level. (2022)
The metaverse, things you need to know to get your business to the next digital level. (2022) What is the metaverse, and where did it come from? The metaverse is a vision of the future where our way of interacting, working, playing, and having fun is unlimited. Like other standard terms in the age of technology and automation, such as cyberspace or robot, the word metaverse has its origin in science fiction literature. Although various writers had already described immersive realities or virtual worlds in books such as Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, it was Neal Stephenson, in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, who first introduced the term metaverse as a digital environment behaved like a natural place for its users, where up to 60 million people could socialize, conduct business and have fun. Ten years ago, Ondrejka founded and became the CTO of Linden Lab. This company created Second Life , a virtual world that practically became one of the first functional metaverses, with an ec...