What's for sure is that if there's money to be made, big companies will be involved. It isn't clear it'll be completed as promised. After all, the road map for the metaverse is half-paved. How far-reaching those changes end up being is anyone's guess. What's changed is a shift in understanding, a conviction the internet needs to be reimagined. The current boom in interest is just the most recent peak in a years-long push to make these advances useful to everybody. Virtual reality, augmented reality and 3D computing – the technological concepts behind it - are older still. The term metaverse has circulated for decades. This story is part of CNET's exploration of the internet's next iteration. Rec Room and world-building games, like Roblox and Minecraft, all get rolled into discussions of what the metaverse is or will be. Last year, Facebook rebranded itself as Meta, a nod to the social network's ambition to be a prime mover in the new world. Microsoft's planned acquisition of ActivisionBlizzard for $69 billion, was explained as part of an expansion into metaverse. Across gaming, NFTs and shopping, it's become a repeated buzzword. As of yet, however, interest continues to grow. The metaverse could fizzle before it's even realized. The term's been in flux, and might still keep evolving and renaming itself. Others will play out on a computer screen. Some of those online spaces will be immersive 3D experiences and require fancy goggles to enjoy.
You've probably heard the hype: the metaverse is going to change the way you live.Ī vision for the next step in the internet's evolution, the metaverse refers to digital worlds in which people will gather to work, play and hang out. This story is part of Making the Metaverse, CNET's exploration of the next stage in the internet's evolution.
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