The metaverse, from a closed to an open world in 2023?

Did you know ? The metaverse was first named in 1992, in the sci-fi novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson where he described a dystopian future world. Dystopia became reality and it is not that bad! We even now have two types of metaverse. “An open metaverse is a virtual world that anyone can access and build upon, while a closed metaverse is a virtual world that is only accessible to those who have been given permission”, as Beatrice Mastropietro, a cryptocurrency journalist states in her “Open vs Closed Metaverse” guide (1). When I interviewed Sebastien Borget, co-founder and COO of The Sandbox and President of the Blockchain Game Alliance, last July 10, I discovered the worlds of the metaverse and I decided to take a deep dive into understanding their drivers (2). In this article, I will first come back to the origins of the metaverse before describing the pros and cons of both worlds. <a href="https://medium.com/@alinereiniche_29249/the-metaverse-from-a-closed-to-an-open-world-in-2023-ff792958073e">Read More</a>