Mark Zuckerberg and The Metaverse

What is the Metaverse? The metaverse is a big topic of conversation lately, especially with Mark Zuckerberg venturing into Facebook’s new social media conglomerate, Meta. To understand the metaverse, we must first look at what the term “metaverse” even means.   If you think this word sounds like it’s straight out of a science-fiction novel, that’s because it is. Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash. It refers to a combination of virtual and augmented reality where users of the application live within a digital universe.   […]