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What is Metaverse?

The word “metaverse” is a combination of “meta”
(meaning beyond) and “universe”. Metaverse is a
digital avatar-based universe. It is regarded as a
network of 3-D virtual world(s) where people can
interact, do business, and forge social connections
through their virtual “avatars”. It can be thought
of as a virtual reality version of today’s internet.
Metaverse
Metaverse

Technology behind it opers and are working on next-generation
headsets.

While still nascent in many respects, the Many current workplace metaverse solutions
metaverse has suddenly become big business, require no more than a computer, mouse, and
with technology titans and gaming giants such keyboard keys, but for the full 3-D surround
as Meta (previously Facebook), Microsoft, experience you usually have to don a VR-
Epic Games, Roblox, and others all creating enabled headset. However, rapid progress is
their own virtual worlds or metaverses. The also taking place in computer-generat-
metaverse draws on a vast ensemble of ed holography that dispenses with
different technologies, including the need for headsets, either by
virtual reality platforms, gaming, using virtual viewing
machine learning, blockchain, windows that create
3-D graphics, digital currencies, holographic displays from
sensors, and (in some cases) computer images, or by
VR-enabled headsets. deploying specially

designed holographic pods
In 2019, the social network to project people and
company Facebook launched a images into actual space at
social VR (virtual reality) world events or meetings).
called ‘Facebook Horizon’. In 2021,
Facebook was renamed "Meta Companies such as Meta are also
Platforms" and its chairman Mark Zuckerberg pioneering haptic (touch) gloves that
declared a company commitment to developing enable users to interact with 3-D virtual
a metaverse. Microsoft and Sony are among objects and experience sensations such as
other firms preparing for huge growth in the movement, texture, and pressure.
metaverse. Both recently bought games devel-
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