![]() ![]() ![]() More than half (55%) of respondents think that Meta (formerly Facebook) will come to 'own' the metaverse, followed by Google (9%), Microsoft (7%), Apple (6%) and Amazon (5%).Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology advancements will be critical to shaping the future of the metaverse, according to 70% of respondents.A majority (53%) of respondents believe NFTs will become the biggest metaverse currency in the near term, and 57% think the metaverse will become the most popular place to buy, store and trade cryptocurrency. ![]() ![]() More than half (55%) of respondents think the metaverse is likely to replace real-life, in-person social interactions in the next five years.Gaming and entertainment will benefit the most or experience the greatest positive impact from the metaverse (26% each).Data privacy and security were the biggest hurdles the metaverse has to overcome (33% of respondents).Image: Computer Economics (red highlight by ZDNET)Īn April 2022 survey conducted by Agora, which develops APIs for embedding real-time video and voice into applications, canvassed 300 US-based developers for their views on the metaverse. In many ways, the metaverse is the next, 3D version of the web and is based on many of the same technologies as Web3, with a similar decentralised, user-driven focus.Ī glance at Google Trends shows that 'metaverse' is very much the new kid on the block, with a dramatic boost in search interest around the time (Oct 28, 2021) that Facebook renamed itself Meta. These technologies and their developing successors, collectively known as extended reality (XR), are coalescing – along with other building blocks such as blockchain, cryptocurrencies and NFTs, artificial intelligence, 3D design, holography, IoT, 5G and 6G, cloud and edge computing – into the concept of the ' metaverse', which can be thought of as the entirety of the resulting immersive internet experience, once all the pieces are connected. ZDNET explores the ways that the metaverse is coming to life and how it will change the nature of work - and maybe everything else, too. How the metaverse will change the future of work and society ![]()
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