Iyini i-metaverse?
Kwizindaba eziqanjiwe zesayensi, i- "metaverse" iyincazelo ecatshangelwayo ye-Intanethi njengezwe elilodwa, elisemhlabeni wonke, nelishukumisayo elenziwa lula ukusetshenziswa kwe-virtual reality (VR) kanye ne-augmented reality (AR). Ekulumeni, "i-metaverse" iyinethiwekhi yezwe elibonakalayo le-3D eligxile ekuxhumekeni kwezenhlalo nezomnotho.  Igama elithi "metaverse" lavela encwadini yesayensi eqanjiwe ka-1992 ethi Snow Crash njengenhlanganisela yamagama athi "meta" nelithi "universe". Ukuthuthukiswa kwe-metaverse kuvame ukuhlotshaniswa nokuthuthuka kobuchwepheshe beqiniso elibonakalayo ngenxa yezidingo ezikhulayo zokucwiliswa. Intshisekelo yakamuva ekuthuthukisweni kwe-metaverse ithonywe yi-Web3, umqondo wokuphindaphindwa kwe-intanethi. I-Web3 ne-metaverse kusetshenziswe njengama-buzzwords ukweqisa inqubekela phambili yokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe obuhlukahlukene obuhlobene namaphrojekthi ngezinhloso zobudlelwano bomphakathi. Ubumfihlo bolwazi, ukulutha komsebenzisi, kanye nokuphepha komsebenzisi yizinto ezikhathazayo ngaphakathi kwe-metaverse, ezivela ezinseleleni ezibhekene nemithombo yezokuxhumana kanye nezimboni zemidlalo yevidiyo iyonke.