{"id":708,"date":"2022-11-25T14:19:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T14:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mapleblock.capital\/blog\/?p=708"},"modified":"2022-12-08T10:38:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T10:38:31","slug":"october-2022-welcome-to-the-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mapleblock.capital\/blog\/october-2022-welcome-to-the-metaverse\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2022 – Welcome to the Metaverse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Introduction to the Metaverse<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Metaverse as the future of Internet<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Understanding the Metaverse through numbers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Web2 vs Web3 approach to the Metaverse<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Current Metaverse Landscape<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Metaverse & its use cases<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Road ahead for Metaverses<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Closing thoughts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. References<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Introduction to the Metaverse<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    In Oct 2021, Facebook changed its name to Meta Platforms and promised to invest $10 billion in its Reality Labs operation. In Jan 2022, Microsoft made a $69 billion<\/a> bet with the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Since then, Metaverse as a keyword on Google searches is used very often, often without having a proper understanding of the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Metaverse is the convergence of distinct technological trends to create the next version of the internet. At the core, metaverse sits at the intersection of 3 technological trends – massive virtual worlds, growing VR\/AR market & the boom of Crypto and NFTs. Each of these sub sectors are huge in themselves. These technologies backing the creation of the Metaverse are not new, yet the revolution is in the convergence of step developments in these technologies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    You can think about the Metaverse as an embodied internet, where instead of just viewing content, you are in it. And you feel present with other people as if you were in other places, having different experiences that you couldn\u2019t necessarily do on a 2D app or webpage, like dancing, for example, or different types of fitness.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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    How the metaverse has evolved<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    The metaverse is evolving from two decades of gaming and will be built upon gaming infrastructure<\/p>\n\n\n\n