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<v 0>You've probably heard a lot of chatter about the metaverse Facebook and</v>

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Microsoft have both staked claims to it.

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But what even is it as USA today explains author Neil Stevenson is

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credited with coining the term metaverse in his 1992 science fiction,

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novel snow crash in the novel.

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He envisioned lifelike who met in realistic 3d buildings and other virtual

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reality environments. The metaverse is still developing.

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So it's hard to completely explain what it is,

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but it has the potential for us to have things like digital wardrobes,

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a digital economy, and create an entire digital persona.

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You may even have a digital house where you can host digital parties as

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wired explains, quote, mentally replace the phrase,

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the metaverse in a sentence with cyberspace 90% of the time,

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the meaning won't substantially change.