metaverse

Definitions

1. A hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.
   Internet
2. A set or the composite of all universes.
   archaic

Equivalents

10 more languages

Ελληνικάμετασύμπαν

Italianometaverso

日本語メタヴァースメタバース

Қазақ тіліметаәлем

한국어메타버스

Nederlandsmetaversum

Polskimetawersum

Portuguêsmetaverso

Русскийметавселенная

Tiếng Việtsiêu vũ trụsiêu vũ trụ ảosiêu vũ trụ số

Examples

“Hiro walks straight through the display, and it vanishes. Amusement park⟳ in the Metaverse can be fantastic, offering a wide selection of interactive three-dimensional movies.”

“It is closer, in other words, to another science fiction vision, the “metaverse” Neal Stephenson envisioned in his 1992 Snow⟳ Crash⟳. That particular moniker has not caught on, but many of Stephenson's ideas about what the on-line world can look⟳ like⟳ are driving a new generation of entrepreneurs to try⟳ to match⟳ it.”

“But now, with 350 million players who are used to hanging out in a vibrant, ridiculous online world filled with dancing bananas and cartoon skirmishes, Party Royale could be the experience⟳ that finally realises the idea of a playful, mass participation online metaverse.”

“Video games like⟳ Roblox and Fortnite and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, in which players can build⟳ their own⟳ worlds, have⟳ metaverse tendencies, as does most social media. If you own⟳ a non-fungible token or even just some crypto, you’re part of the metaversal experience⟳. Virtual and augmented reality are, at a minimum, metaverse adjacent.”

“In the world of Snow⟳ Crash⟳, the metaverse is not viewed as particularly cool—it is necessary, because the real world has become⟳ so unbearable.”

“The metaverse is the convergence of two ideas that have⟳ been around for many years: virtual reality and a digital second life.”

“A single-cycle universe comes to eternal rest⟳. But further instabilities in the virtual energy domain may occur⟳, and some of these may be potent enough to create⟳ new universes. The thesis of a metaverse giving rise⟳ to local universes is cogent, […]”

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