Facebook’s, or Meta’s recent rebrand and investments, triggered a new wave of interest in the metaverse. It’s all over headlines, corporate news, memes, gaming platforms, and social media. The word’s increased ubiquity is creating an impending sense of doom, as if, at any moment, our physical lives will be engulfed in corporate pixels and paywalled interactions. The suffix meta- means “behind or beyond,” it can also mean “more comprehensive” and even “transformative” (like metamorphosis). The second half of the word, -verse, derives from the word “universe” and describes either a specific sphere or area (like Twitterverse). As a whole, the word “metaverse” generally refers to a virtual world that lies… Read More
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