Definition of "metaverse" []

• A future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet. (noun)
• The or a set of universes or composite of (all) universes. (noun)

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• "On the whole, virtual worlds are very different from the internet though here I will focus on what I term the metaverse model of virtual worlds, as opposed to the emerging highly distributed model that Vast Park, MetaPlace and the like are using."
• "-- Wright, "One of the things we're going to be doing continually is rating the most popular content, so when you make a creature you're going to be able to go to what we call the metaverse report and get a sense of what is your creature's popularity ranking relative to other people's creatures.""
• "The Metaverse "The term metaverse comes from Neal Stephenson's 1992 novel Snow Crash, and is now widely used to describe the vision behind current work on fully immersive 3D virtual spaces."