The “Metaverse” has been described as the inevitable evolution of the internet. Is the Metaverse just another buzzword or will it become something extra-ordinary?
To get some idea of what the Metaverse is likely to be, we will enter the realms of science fiction. Imagine a virtual world where billions of people live, work, shop, learn and interact with each other – all from the comfort of their couches in the physical world.
In the real world, the computer screens we use today to connect to a worldwide web of information have become portals to a 3D virtual realm that's tangible, almost like life, only bigger and better, if we are to ‘swallow’ the hyperbole published by media resources.
If we are to believe this, we must first gain some idea of how ‘digital facsimiles’ of ourselves, or avatars, can move freely from one experience to another, taking our identities and our money with us.
This is known as the Metaverse. Enterprise leaders are expected to make use of the concept of a metaverse to fundamentally change how humans live.
It will impact on the future of work, our lives, our experiences almost in an ‘extra dimension’ of interoperability, digital twinning, spatial computing, and Web 3.0.
Back to reality for a moment, the metaverse is just a vision of what many in the computer industry believe is the next iteration of the internet: a single, shared, immersive, persistent, 3D virtual space where humans experience life in ways they could not in the physical world.