Metaverse shares have plummeted in 2022 as the much-hyped concept has yet to take off. metaplatforms (GOAL 2.82%), the company most closely associated with the concept and one that popularized the term, has seen its share price fall this year as it is on track to lose around $13 billion in Reality Labs, its metaverse-focused division. Meta has also not been very successful in consumer adoption of its metaverse tools, including the Oculus headset.

But Meta’s struggles don’t mean there’s no future for the concept, and companies big and small are working to build their own version of the metaverse. Here are two metaverse actions worth having in the long run that aren’t called Meta Platforms.

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1. Microsoft: the metaverse of business technology

If there is a…