The term ‘Metaverse’ first appeared in Neal Stephenson’s 1992 science-fiction novel “Snow Crash,” which envisions a virtual reality-based evolution of the internet. In the novel, people use digital avatars of themselves to explore the online world to escape the harsh reality of their existence.
The biggest hype and publicity for the Metaverse came after Facebook changed their name to Meta and released this video describing its vision of the Metaverse. The move reflects the company’s push towards such technology.
Today we’re seen as a social media company, but in our DNA, we are a company that builds technology to connect people. And the metaverse is the next frontier just like social networking was when we got started.
With information coming from all different sources, each with a particular agenda, there is a need to understand the metaverse and its underlying technologies.