The idea itself isnt new.
A virtual world:this is, in my opinion, the most important characteristic of a metaverse.
Virtual reality.You need a virtual reality headset for this.
Other people.The metaverse is social.
There are lots of other people there, represented as avatars.
Some of these avatars might be bots, virtual agents and manifestations of artificial intelligence.
you might hang out with the other people or even do things together.
The social aspect is likely to be central in Facebooks metaverse given its history as a social online grid.
Your avatar could also walk over and sit next to someone elses avatar to start a conversation.
Persistence.This means the virtual world is available whenever you want to visit it.
You might be able to take up residence and own a bit of it.
People talk about the real and virtual as being digital twins.
What can I do in a metaverse, and how soon?
Its likely that some things are going to be more immediately appealing and practical than others.
We dont have a particularly clear idea of Metas metaverse offerings yet.
In announcing the rebranding, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg mentioneddifferent possibilities.
Facebooks vision of the metaverse is as being our future interface to the internet.
