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Between Facebook’s rebranding itself as Meta and the hype cycle of the metaverse becoming the next great frontier of consumer digital technology, it’s becoming increasingly clear that this alternate universe is here to stay.

the idea of ​​the The metaverse itself isn’t new: it was first imagined in a 1992 science fiction novel, Snow Crash, and has been linked to advances in virtual reality ever since. technology due to rapid growth in demand for digital immersion. Game environments have helped drive this growth of immersive technologies, promoted by online multiplayer role-playing games over the past two decades, attracting millions of users and generating supportive ecosystems.