Metaverse has to be one of the buzzwords in recent times. If you haven’t heard of the word “Metaverse” yet, you might be living under a rock. But don’t worry, because I am about to pull you out from underneath. Let’s cruise through the endless possibilities of the Metaverse and debunk why the futuristic people are so obsessed with it.
What is Metaverse?
So before we get to know how the metaverse works or what we can do with it, many of us will ask what’s the thing actually? Simply put, it’s a next level VR (Virtual Reality) game. Just those games one can experience real life feelings through technologies like special glasses and gloves. These provide real life interaction with the rest of the world, which is way more than just games or glorified 3D movies we watch in theatres. Another way of thinking metaverse is like the Christopher Nolan’s movie “Inception”. Just like in the movie, where people could interact in their dreams and create their versions of life, one can create their own world, with their own customised “avatar”. This avatar can be anything, it can be a human with superpowers or a talking animal. Here the interactions will occur only according to the players, just like the dreamers in Inception. One can create a maze, their own people, their own rules and laws. And just like some people from Inception, who have been sleeping for years, living in their dream lands; modern people are also obsessed with the metaverse, to live their own augmented reality. Metaverse is your world, which is created by you, ruled by you and thrives for you.
How does Metaverse work?
Metaverse in an online reality where one connects with people around the globe. In this virtual realm, one will have the ability to live and explore. But in order to do so will need virtual augmented headsets and gloves. The headsets work like glasses which will provide visual and audio sensors and the gloves will provide mobility and sensitivity. The Metaverse includes many things such as social media, online games and crypto currency so that users can interact with each other. After reading all these you might compare Metaverse with online games like GTA vice city or the simulations like Sims. While this comparison is largely correct but trust me the concept of Metaverse is even more vast and complex.
Is Metaverse here yet?
Metaverse is still under construction, so it is not as widely accessible as any other technologies out there. That’s why many consider the Metaverse as a mere concept of science fiction rather than any real life technology. According to the CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, it will take an entire decade for Metaverse to fully come into mass use.
If you have ever used the platforms like Sandbox, Decentraland, Roblox, or played online games such as Fortnite or Minecraft or may be used VR games in various arcades, then bingo!! You have used the very primitive forms of Metaverse. All these technologies will be integrated in future to form the Metaverse, where you can create your digital second life.
Metaverse is still more or less an abstraction which needs huge development. Many tech companies like Meta and gaming giants are working on this idea and perhaps within a few years we might start seeing various instances of Metaverse coming into being. But by the time it actually makes it to the tech market, this will surely be a very popular and a household name . For now we can only wait for the technology to develop and hit the markets as soon as possible.
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Rifah Zakiah
Intern, Content Writing Department
YSSE