Is the metaverse real?

The metaverse is a virtual-reality environment described as a planet-encircling market where virtual real estate may be purchased and sold, and where VR goggle-wearing users inhabit 3D avatars in which they have complete control over their appearance.
These three features — a virtual reality interface, digital ownership, and avatars — are still prominent in modern metaverse concepts.
However, none of these are necessary to the concept. In its broadest sense, the metaverse is a graphically rich virtual arena with a degree of realism in which people can work, play, shop, socialise — in other words, do the things that people prefer to do together in real life (or, perhaps more to the point, on the internet).

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