First there was the Internet, then the World Wide Web, then came social media and smartphones.
And now?
Is the next level of universal networking imminent?
What follows from ever faster computers, more data, better AI, blockchain?
The debate about the "metaverse" has long been raging in Silicon Valley.
Alexander Armbruster
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What is part of it? Why is it about more than virtual reality or video games? Why is this particularly interesting for Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Sweeney or Satya Nadella? And what is really possible today on Instagram, WhatsApp or Facebook?