{"id":144686,"date":"2021-11-02T20:53:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T15:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=144686"},"modified":"2021-11-12T12:21:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T06:51:25","slug":"what-is-the-metaverse-2-media-and-information-experts-explain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-the-metaverse-2-media-and-information-experts-explain\/","title":{"rendered":"Metaverse explained by 2 media and information experts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><strong>What is the news?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>There is a new push in tech-firms for dominating the &#8220;<strong>Metaverse<\/strong>&#8221; technology. Recently Facebook renamed itself as &#8220;Meta&#8221; highlights one such push.<\/p>\n<p>Technology industry envision it as the <strong>successor to today\u2019s internet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is &#8220;Metaverse&#8221;?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The &#8220;metaverse&#8221; is a network of always-on <strong>virtual environments<\/strong> in which many <strong>people<\/strong> can <strong>interact<\/strong> with one another and digital objects <strong>through virtual representations<\/strong> of themselves.<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>3 key aspects of the metaverse<\/strong>: presence, interoperability and standardization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-Presence<\/strong> is the feeling of actually being in a virtual space, with virtual others. This sense of presence is achieved through virtual reality (VR) technologies such as head-mounted displays. It improves the quality of online interactions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-Interoperability <\/strong>means being able to seamlessly travel between virtual spaces with the same virtual assets. That is, one virtual representation created, can be used in different virtual worlds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-Standardization-<\/strong>These are common technological standards are essential for widespread adoption. This <strong>enables interoperability<\/strong> of platforms and services across the metaverse.<\/p>\n<p>International organizations such as the &#8220;<strong>Open Metaverse Interoperability Group<\/strong>&#8221; define these standards.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">Sci-fi novelist <strong>Neal Stephenson<\/strong> coined the term in his 1992 novel \u201c<strong>Snow Crash<\/strong>\u201d to describe the virtual world in which the protagonist, Hiro Protagonist, socializes, shops and vanquishes real-world enemies through his avatar. The concept predates \u201cSnow Crash\u201d and was popularized as \u201c<strong>cyberspace<\/strong>\u201d in William Gibson\u2019s groundbreaking 1984 novel \u201c<strong>Neuromancer<\/strong>.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong>Why the Metaverse matters?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>It is extremely important to the future of the economy and society as a whole. Companies like Facebook are aiming to make it the setting for many online activities, including <strong>work, play, studying and shopping.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Creator economy\u2019 will become a reality in the metaverse thanks to the popularity of NFTs (non-fungible tokens). NFTs will allow proof of ownership of digital assets, for example, virtual goods, paintings and memorabilia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> This post is based on the article \u201c<strong>What is the metaverse? 2 media and information experts explain<\/strong>\u201d published in <strong>Down To Earth<\/strong> on <strong>01 November 2021<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the news? There is a new push in tech-firms for dominating the &#8220;Metaverse&#8221; technology. Recently Facebook renamed itself as &#8220;Meta&#8221; highlights one such push. Technology industry envision it as the successor to today\u2019s internet. What is &#8220;Metaverse&#8221;? 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