The ‘metaverse’ refers to a shared online world in which multiple users can hang out, spend money, consume media and potentially even work. The project is seen as central to Facebook’s future by Zuckerberg. — Photo by Alex Haney on Unsplash
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on July 26 said it was combining specialists from across its hardware, gaming and virtual reality units to build an immersive digital world known as the “metaverse”.
The “metaverse”, a term coined by sci-fi writer Neal Stephenson, refers to a shared online world in which multiple users can hang out, spend money, consume media and potentially even work.
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