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Are interactive 3D spaces the next stage of the internet?
he meta... what? The latest super-hyped buzzword, following in the footsteps of – and not entirely separate from – blockchain is ‘metaverse.’ There’s much conversation out there about it, but a lot of that talk
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obfuscates the terrible secret most people are holding on to: few of us really know what it is. Is the metaverse an interconnected virtual reality space where we all have our own avatars and digital possessions, interacting with each other in fantastical, even magical ways? Is it just another name for various sandbox gaming platforms like Fortnite, Roblox or even Minecraft? Or is it simply a new way of describing the internet? Since the metaverse doesn’t really fully exist as a unified virtual destination, the present answer is that it’s a little bit of all three. What’s certain is that greater computing power, connectivity, game engines and social media are going to
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ventures that are laying the groundwork for the future metaverse. THE NEXT INTERNET “Think of the metaverse as the next internet,” explains Amit Chopra, founder and CEO of XR solutions expert Iconic Engine. When Chopra was global COO at VFX giant Digital Domain, part of his job was to look at emerging innovations, including virtual reality.
make virtual 3D spaces more accessible and useful – for business and pleasure alike. And there are companies, at this very moment, building successful
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