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What is The Metaverse

What is The Metaverse

What is The Metaverse

 Emir Mauludi Husni

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What is The Metaverse?

A metaverse is a network of 3D virtual world focused on social connection. In futurism and science fiction, the term is often described as a hypothetical iteration of the Internet as a single, universal virtual world that is facilitated by the use of virtual and augmented reality headsets. 

Metaverse is a mirror world, a virtual reality space in which users can interact with a computer-generated environment with other users. Metaverse, it’s the next frontier for online interaction, just like social media revolutionizes the online marketing landscape. It unlocks possibilities for business ideas limited in our current reality.

Activities like Video conferencing, Cryptocurrencies, Email, Virtual reality, Social media, Live streaming, Artificial intelligence, Blockchain, Computer vision, etc., are all part of the Metaverse.

Metaverse is the big thing to work in teleportation devices and the Metanomics.

 

History of Metaverse

Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web (www).

1989
1992

Science fiction write Neal Stephenson uses the term ‘metaverse’ to describe a 3-D virtual space.
Philip Rosedale and his team at Liden Lab unveil Second Life, an online virtual world.

2003
2006

Roblox, an online platform that allows users to create and share games with others, is introduced.
Bitcoin, the world’s first successful cryptocurrency and blockchain platform is created.

2009
2011

The novel by science-fiction write Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, introduces people to a virtual reality.
Facebook acquires virtual reality hardware and platform Oculus.

2014
2015

Decentraland’s first iteration of an online virtual world is created.
Pokemon Go, a game that uses augmented reality technology, takes the world by storm.

2016
2017

The multiplayer game and social hub, Fortnite, is released. It introduces concepts like virtual concerts and tours
The popular virtual reality game based on training and trading mythical creatures, Axie Infinity, is introduced. It runs on the Ethereum.

2018
2021

Microsoft unveils Mesh, a platform designed for virtual collaboration across multiple devices.
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook’s parent company would adopt the name Meta and unveils plans for their metaverse.

2021

Digital Twin

Digital Twin is a digital representation of a physical object, process or service. A digital twin can be a digital replica of an object in the physical world, such as a jet engine or wind farms, or even larger items such as buildings or even whole cities.