meIt is no coincidence that the metaverse as a practical project arose from the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic. The concept is older and its origins go back to science fiction classics like Neal Stephenson’s. snow crashbut the last two years have transformed it into a real business proposition, capable of dictating a name change for Facebook (now Meta) and moving billions of dollars in the capital markets.

The great migration to digital during the pandemic showed the enormous advantages of being able to work and live within an artificial secondary universe. In this universe, the laws of space and time no longer apply, or at least can be twisted, enhancing human powers in ways yet to be explored: the end of long commutes and the achievement of measurable…