Metaverse

Screenshot of the 2003 video game Second Life, one of the first metaverse environments

The metaverse is a network of virtual places that are linked into a virtual universe. It is often described as a future version of the Internet.

Etymology

The word "metaverse" is portmanteau word of the words "meta" and "universe".

The term was coined in the 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.

References

  1. ↑ "Andreas Kaplan: The fairyland of Second Life: Virtual social worlds and how to use them, Business Horizons". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  2. ↑ "Facebook bets big on the Metaverse. What is it?". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  3. ↑ Grimshaw, Mark (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Virtuality. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 702. ISBN 9780199826162.