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What is the “Metaverse”?

The word metaverse is unfamiliar, but meta means "topmost" and verse means

"world". In other words, it is "all the world perceived as a higher level". The

metaverse combines four categories: AR(Augmented Reality), Mirror World,

lifelogging (the act of recording one's daily life with a portable camera or digital

device), and Virtual World.

The word metaverse comes from Neal Stephenson's 1992 novel Snow Crash. The

word that comes with this word is the avatar. The metaverse has the potential

to grow strongly. Artificial intelligence (AI) has also grown tremendously after 75

years of not seeing the light, thanks to the development of deep learning and

hardware created by Jeffrey Hinton in 2012. The metaverse will go the same way.

Market research firm Gartner also referred to the term ``multi-experience'' in

10 strategic technologies released last year, highlighting the need to pay

attention to the interactions taking place in the metaverse.

Recently, Nreal, a startup in Beijing, China, launched AR Glass, and LG Uplus

(Top3 operator in Korea) imported 1000 units of this product and sold it for

699,000 Korean Won. Sold out in an instant. That much interest. Oculus device

by Faebook is also supporting the great popularity of metaverse. The price has

become very cheap, and the display performance has improved. It is expected

that Apple will create an important impact in a similar way as the smartphone

ecosystem is universal.