What is Metaverse, how to enter? Is it possible to do anything in Metaverse?
Metaverse, which has become the most popular topic in the world of technology and social media these days, creates an alternative universe by combining virtual reality and physical reality. The term metaverse first appeared in science fiction writer Neal Stephenson’s 1992 cyberpunk novel Snow Crash. Over the past decades, the concept has been a part of the novels, sci-fi TV series and movies, or the gaming industry.
Up to this point, everything was part of the entertainment world. However, Facebook’s announcement that it has really started to build the metaverse or Microsoft’s attempt to collect corporate metadata started to change the color of the work. So what does the metaverse really mean, what does it promise, and how will it change the future?
Let’s give the answers from the metaverse universe.
A new door in the virtual world
It is possible to define Metaverse as a parallel universe where all digital worlds are combined, that is, everything you can do on the internet is gathered in a single area.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, defines the concept of metaverse as “an internet you are in instead of just looking”. One of the most iconic works in describing this universe is the book Ready Player One, which was adapted for the big screen in 2018.
In this book, people can spend time, interact and look the way they want in a digital world through virtual reality as they would in the real world.
In the second life game, which is another example of the genre, people can create their own avatar, interact with other people and do things they do in real life virtually.
Today, you can make a video call with a very close friend living in another country. The metaverse universe makes it possible to have this face-to-face meeting through avatars, not just talking but going to the movies or shopping with your friend.
Scientists think that we are almost ready with the technological equipment needed to create the metaverse universe. In order for this technology to become widespread and truly turn into a parallel universe, it is necessary to move forward in the field of artificial reality and augmented reality.
Is it possible to do everything in Metaverse?
It is expected that it will be possible to perform many daily activities such as working, traveling, playing games, going to concerts, shopping with cryptocurrencies with 3D avatars created in this digital universe.
However, it is necessary to take a real-world break for lunch breaks. It’s not just advances in technology that make us think the Metaverse universe is so close.
The fact that the whole world was confined to their homes, working from home and conducting most of their communication from home during the epidemic also partially enabled the metaverse universe to be experienced beforehand.
The road to a true Metaverse is bumpy. First of all, it is necessary to create a worldwide network and the computing capability that can handle millions of users simultaneously.
Current technology is far from lifting this burden now. The groundwork for the metaverse, the parallel universe of technology, has begun to be laid.
If our current universe, which is struggling with the global climate crisis, can survive despite all this destruction effort, the second universe we will build on it will enter our lives with surprises.
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