By Jad Malaeb, Benzinga

New Castle County, Delaware –News Direct– Dizraptor

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, chances are you’ve heard of the metaverse.

Coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 novel “Snow Crash,” the metaverse is a digital manifestation of life: a new way to live, play, and interact. In “Snow Crash,” Stephenson’s protagonist, Hiro, uses the metaverse to escape his dystopian world.

To Mark Zuckerberg, who popularized the idea by changing the name of Facebook to metaplatforms (NASDAQ: META), the metaverse represents a much friendlier concept. For him and for the defenders of the metaverse, the concept represents the next chapter in the evolution of the Internet, one in which users, not large institutions, can control, influence and monetize their…