What is the Metaverse? – The Inevitable Trend of The Times
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Have you ever heard of metaverse? It was first used in Neal Stephenson’s 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash. Stephenson used the term to describe a virtual reality-based successor to the Internet. In the post-epidemic era, people are paying more attention to the digital network and its popularity has become a new trend.
The metaverse is a virtual space built on the Internet in which people can socialise, buy and sell goods, travel, work and live. However in a space of freedom, there is no centralised authority, instead, companies and individuals are governed independently.
Jarred was joined by Dr. Ali Darejeh, a lecturer and a Computer Science researcher who focuses on Virtual Reality and Metaverse at the University of New South Wales, on Breakfast to tell us more.