Facebook is Not the Right Company to Coin the 'Metaverse'by@mashacryptoprlab
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Facebook is Not the Right Company to Coin the 'Metaverse'

by Masha Prusso5mNovember 18th, 2021
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the company’s name change to Meta in October. The company wants to create a virtual reality version of our world, where we can go shopping, go to a concert, or watch a movie with friends. The concept is not new. Author Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” for his 1992 book Snow Crash. There are already technologies that make a much safer basis for the emerging metaverse. In real life, we are private humans. Why can’t we be private humans online?

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