TED SAKARYA COLLEGE / 9-A
The Metaverse
Naz SEVER
‘’ Every universe together ’’
“ The metaverse ’’ can be defined as a simulated digital environment that uses a built-up reality , virtual reality , and blockchain , along with concepts from social media , to create spaces for rich user interaction mimicking the real world . Think about all the games , online or the simulation ones , all the movies , social media accounts , even concerts that take place somewhere that everyone in the world can attend .
In my opinion , of course being able to do every chore we need , in just one simple way is great but drifting apart from reality , nature and mostly humanity is no good whatsoever . Of course , we ’ re still going to be socializing maybe even more than we are now , but if we get everything done over a fake reality then we won ’ t be doing any physical activity . That also leads us to struggle separating real and fake reality from each other .
Long story short , the Metaverse is either our future or our end .
While the term metaverse may be new to some , it has been around as a concept for nearly thirty years . American science fiction author Neal Stephenson mentioned the metaverse in his novel , Snow Crash published in 1992 . In the novel , users use metaverse as an escape from a futuristic and largely dystopian world .
One of the simplest examples I can give for metaverse is a pretty common game called “ Fortnite ’’. Since the quarantine has started , most of the popular artists ’ concerts had been postponed and fans were upset about it . So Epic Games developed a pretty clever project . It was an online concert by the rapper Travis Scott , which you can attend with your avatar .
The Metaverse is basically a whole universe that includes every single universe in it . While using it , you won ’ t feel like you ’ re at the computer but in a universe . It ’ s a space where you can choose a place and hang out with your friends no matter where they live or what time it is . You can also visit art galleries or join any other event that you can attend no matter where you live .