For now, the metaverse is not a novel idea. It’s a concept most techies are already familiar with. But what if we told you that the metaverse has been around in some form since long before Meta’s foray into virtual reality and the ‘future of human interaction’? What if we told you that you’ve probably had experiences within a metaverse without even putting on a set of virtual reality glasses?

The following article will explore the meaning of the term metaverse, as well as the previous forms within which the metaverse concept has existed.

What is the metaverse?

If you google the term, you’ll get some hackneyed and hopelessly vague explanations like “the metaverse is a vision of what many in the computer industry believe is the next iteration of the internet.” In agreement,…