Opinion: The metaverse as the future? This reporter isn't buying it


In fact, Meta believes in the metaverse so much that it says this is the future for business, too. Even for small businesses that operate storefronts. — Technology vector created by freepik - www.freepik.com or Freepik

What is the metaverse exactly?

That was the very question I pondered when I was invited last month to test out Meta products at a marketing firm's office in the North Valley. A Meta spokesman, Jim Cullinan, traveled from Seattle to Albuquerque to let me and Alaina Mencinger, the Journal's retail reporter, test out some VR products. Because that's what the metaverse is, right? VR products?

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