Embarking on the Digital Frontiers of Metaverse
Er. Kritika · Advances in social networking and online communities book series · 2024
The rapidly evolving technological space in 21st century traces to the development of novelty of the metaverse, a term first coined in 1992 by Neal Stephenson. Metaverse is defined as a 3D virtual cyberspace blending the physical and digital world, facilitated by the convergence between the internet and web technologies and extended reality (XR). The chapter aims to highlight the importance of metaverse by dividing into several sections dealing with introduction, history, pillars from the perspective of tech, socio-cultural, ethical, and environmental aspects, visionaries like Meta, Google, etc., learning environment, challenges, and future trends.