Who will create the metaverse?

But what, exactly, is the Metaverse? As pioneering theorist and venture capitalist Matthew Ball explains, it is a persistent and interconnected network of 3D virtual worlds that will eventually serve as the gateway to most online experiences, and also underpin much of the physical world .

Author Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 science-fiction novel “Snow Crash ,” which envisions a virtual reality-based successor to the internet. In the novel, people use digital avatars of themselves to explore the online world, often as a way of escaping a dystopian reality.

Meta (formerly known as Facebook), Epic Games, and Roblox are the top three in the metaverse right now, and they are the promising candidates to bring the virtual world soon.

The metaverse is the combination of several technological innovations that all operate seamlessly together . From NFTs to social commerce to augmented and virtual reality, the metaverse brings technology out of the digital arena and into the physical world.24 Oca 2022

The Seattle tech giant’s Amazon Web Services team will hire a product manager that “will own the delivery of cloud-based metaverse services” in its gaming tech division , according to the posting on the company’s jobs page. The term metaverse doesn’t appear for the same job posting on LinkedIn.18 Şub 2022

In addition to the technical requirements, the metaverse will include various user experiences including, but not limited to, entertainment, gaming, commerce, social interactions, education, and research .