Analysis of Metaverse Technology: Is It Real or Virtual?

Analysis of Metaverse Technology: Is It Real or Virtual?

Ersin Caglar
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5732-0.ch001
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Abstract

Humanity has entered a new digitalization formation with the invention of the computer. The formation of digitalization has passed through many phases, but even today it shows its effect to a great extent. The establishment of network connections and provision of the internet for the use of humanity, wireless network connections, cloud computing, and cryptocurrencies comes at the very beginning of these phases. Today, the formation of digitalization has taken on a completely different concept from the metaverse and has taken the whole world under its influence. This chapter would provide detailed information about the metaverse universe with an overview on its advantages and disadvantages. Additionally, the possibility of taking the role of the real world will be evaluated by comparing the metaverse universe with the real world.
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Metaverse

Metaverse which is “Snow Crash” in 1992, is still a complex and incomprehensible concept. In the novel, the writer explains this virtual world as a shared that the mixture of VR, AR, and the internet. Today's concept of metaverse has a structure similar to the novel (Stephenson, 2003; Damar, 2021).

Metaverse is the combination of the prefix “meta” (Greek prefix meaning post, after, or beyond) with the word “universe”, which describes a hypothetical synthetic environment linked to the world. In other words, the Metaverse is a permanent and persistent multi-user environment, which is a post-reality universe that mixes digital virtuality and physical reality. (Mystakidis, 2022).

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