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Is the metaverse just a passing hype, or is it here to stay?
The term “metaverse” originated in Neal Stephenson’s 1992 science fiction novel “Snow Crash,” where it described a virtual reality-based successor to the internet. Today, the metaverse is defined as a collective virtual shared space, combining virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual reality. It is an immersive digital universe accessed through virtual reality (VR)…