It’s fair to say that no one is exactly sure what the metaverse will look like, as the concept is still emerging and evolving. But many people have their own ideas.

Ever since it became the most hyped tech buzzword, when Facebook rebranded itself as Meta, there has been no shortage of visionaries, pioneers, and entrepreneurs lining up to tell us what they think it is. And who knows, maybe some of them even got it right.

Here’s my roundup of some of the most insightful, inspiring, and in some cases a little weird things that have been said since the concept first hit the radar.

“People are pieces of software called avatars. They are the audiovisual bodies that people use to…