Metaverse: The Future of the Internet or Just a Fad? | by Michelle B. 🇳🇴 | Dec, 2024

This is for you to decide — call it a fad, but Metaverse is here to stay, and it won’t go anywhere.

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Until I saw a documentary on Netflix about the Metaverse, I can say that I didn’t really understand the term. Sounds more like The Matrix, I guess. It’s full of intrigue.

I would have expected a more practical explanation, more to everyone’s “taste”, even if it wasn’t like that, but now I don’t want to tell you about a documentary. I won’t divulge its name, because it doesn’t matter. But the idea got me thinking.

Between the ages of 12 and 18, I played a lot of computer games — I liked to see myself as a future gamer. In reality, I was just a skinny little kid who didn’t look anything like a mouse who spent most of her time indoors.

I finished most of them, but I felt something was missing, and later I put a stop to my passion for video games.

Curiosity now focuses on this “trend”. So I did some digging into the topic.

In recent years, the concept of Metaverse has become one of the most talked about topics in technology. But what does metaverse mean, why is it so popular, and, more importantly, is it the future of the internet or just a trend that will fade away in…