Once again this year, we would like to sweeten the Advent season for our readers with an Advent calendar. In a slightly different form, each door contains a “knowledge bomb”, which will be supplemented with an extraordinary special prize on Christmas Day.
Behind the 8th door is the term “Metaverse”. To enter the giveaway on the 24th, simply take part in the polls and like the respective Twitter posts.
Metaverse
Within a short space of time, the “Metaverse” went from being a niche term to the buzzword of the year. Both Facebook, newly known as Meta, and other tech giants such as Microsoft are now staking their claim to it. According to the definition, the Metaverse is a virtual space accessible via the Internet in which various interactions can take place, thus forming a virtual universe of its own. The term describes the gradual shift of our reality into the digital realm – a process that began a decade ago with the introduction of social media.
The Metaverse already encompasses broad parts of today’s Internet and is often associated with immersive technology such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and virtual alternate worlds. But cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) also have a place in the Metaverse. A digital form of money and blockchain-backed proof of ownership will prove essential as significant parts of the economy transition to the digital world.
