Does Facebook Own the Metaverse? 7 Metaverse Myths Busted
Saturday, 12 February 2022
by Malika Karoum
Ever since Facebook announced it was changing its name to Meta, the metaverse has become part of our daily lexicon. The metaverse promises to transform how we interact with the world the same way the internet and smartphones did in the 1990s and early 2000s. MUO – Feed
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How to Buy Virtual Land in the Metaverse
Saturday, 22 January 2022
by Malika Karoum
The idea of investing in a piece of land owned virtually would've sounded absurd a couple of years ago. Today, virtual real estate sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars of cold, hard cash (though converted into cryptocurrency). As the metaverse looms upon us, investors and crypto enthusiasts are going all in, and buying virtual
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Could Second Life Make a Comeback as We Head Into the Metaverse?
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
by Malika Karoum
Second Life was the pioneer of virtual worlds, possibly the first example of the metaverse. Launched in 2003, and still popular with diehard fans, Second Life has fallen out of favor and other virtual worlds have overtaken it. These include gaming environments such as Roblox and Fortnite, which now boast hundreds of millions of users.
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6 Reasons to Get Excited About Facebook’s Metaverse
Sunday, 12 December 2021
by Malika Karoum
In the 2000s, when many of us tried to visualize the 2020s, we imagined flying cars and automated homes. Instead, we got a pandemic, social distancing, and shoddy movie remakes. MUO – Feed
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What Is the Metaverse?
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
by Malika Karoum
Although some might have heard the term “metaverse” only recently, it’s been in use for a couple of decades. It was first used in the 1990s in a work of fiction, and it usually describes a hypothetical future version of the internet that exists alongside reality as a shared persistent virtual world. For a long
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