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The Inquiry

What is the metaverse and why is Facebook so obsessed with it?

Nov 18, 2021

22:54

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1.

Introduction

2min

2.

What Is the Meta Verse and Why Is Facebook So Obsessed With It?

2min

3.

The Future of the Internet

2min

4.

The Future of Avatars

1min

5.

The Game Industry Is Increasing the Openness of the World Around

2min

6.

Decentralization and the Metaverse

2min

7.

Facebook Strike Meta

2min

8.

The Future of Advertising in Virtual Reality

2min

9.

Mettevers Pivot Is an Attempt to Change the Conversation

2min

10.

The Metaverse - The Next Big Project?

2min

11.

The Metavers - Is There a Way Forward?

2min

12.

Open X R Is a Standard to Make It Easier for Developers to Share Work and Aps

1min

13.

What Is the Meta Versus?

3min

As Facebook rebrands itself as Meta, which vision of the so-called metaverse will we adopt in the future? Will one firm dominate or will control be decentralized? And what dangers and opportunities will there be as we adopt avatars and become embodied in our online experience. With Charmaine Cozier.

(Image: Woman wearing augmented reality glasses at night / Getty/Qi Yang)

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