You have probably heard the hype: the metaverse is “the next big thing.” A paradigm shift in the evolution of the internet, the metaverse refers to digital worlds where people can work, gather and play without leaving their homes—a virtual society independent of the material world.

Tech hype, of course, comes and goes. Google Glass, the Windows Phone, 3D TVs—all these next-generation gadgets lauded as society-changing products, only to fall from the public eye shortly after launch.

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