Metaverse

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Metaverse
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The metaverse is a network of virtual places that are linked into a virtual universe.[1] It is often described as a future version of the Internet.[2]

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Screenshot of the 2003 video game Second Life, one of the first metaverse environments

Etymology

The word "metaverse" is portmanteau word of the words "meta" and "universe".

The term was coined in the 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.[3]

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