Hope or Hell? A No-Fluff Guide to Understand the Metaverse

Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the inventor and other things worth knowing.

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More than half of all asked adults have no clue about the metaverse. A majority feel uninterested and indifferent.

But the question is not if you’ll use it one day, but when. If you’re among the 50,000 early adopters, you’re already using it.

I’m among the laggards. I’m not interested in escaping reality and feel resistant to immersing myself in a digital environment.

But I decided to stop being ignorant and instead understand the metaverse basics. So what follows is a no-bullshit guide for laggards (including me).

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How to Define the Metaverse

“How would you explain the metaverse?” Cathy Hackl asked 20 tech leaders.

What all answers have in common is the conviction that the metaverse will bridge the gap between reality and a virtual world.

But that’s where commonalities stop.