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Unyaka ka-2021 bekungewona nje omunye unyaka ngesifo se-COVID-19. Kuphinde kwaba yileyo lapho i-Facebook yashintsha khona igama layo yaba yi-Meta Platforms Inc., okungukuthi i-Meta, nalapho umhlaba wonke ufaka igama elithi metaverse. Kodwa-ke, leli gama alizange lisungulwe nguMark Zuckerberg, njengoba leli gama lihlehlela emuva ku-1992. 

Neal Stephenson ungumbhali waseMelika ozincwadi zakhe eziqanjiwe ziwela ezigabeni eziningi ezihlukene, kusukela ku-cyberpunk kuya enganekwaneni yesayensi kuye kumanoveli omlando. Futhi umsebenzi wakhe u-Snow kusukela ngo-1992, ohlanganisa i-memetics, amagciwane ekhompyutha nezinye izihloko zobuchwepheshe nezinganekwane zaseSumerian kanye nokuhlaziywa kwemibono yezombangazwe, njenge-libertarianism, i-laissez faire noma i-communism, nayo iqukethe izinkomba ze-metaverse. Lapha uveze uhlobo lweqiniso elibonakalayo, aliqamba ngokuthi i-Metaverse, nalapho kukhona ukulingisa okubonakalayo komzimba womuntu.

Ukube bekuyincazelo yegama elithi metaverse, bekuzozwakala kanje: indawo ehlangene ebonakalayo eyabelwe edalwa ukuhlangana kweqiniso elingokoqobo elithuthukisiwe kanye nendawo ebonakalayo eqhubekayo. 

Kodwa ucabangani ngaphansi kwalokho? Yiqiniso, kungase kube nezincazelo eziningi, kodwa uZuckerberg wakuchaza njengendawo ebonakalayo ongayingena ngokwakho, kunokuba ubukele esikrinini esiyisicaba. Futhi uzokwazi ukuyifaka, isibonelo, njenge-avatar. Leli gama laqanjwa futhi nguStephenson emsebenzini wakhe othi Snow, futhi kwaba kamuva lapho laqala khona ukusetshenziselwa ukubhekisela kubalingiswa be-virtual, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi emidlalweni yamakhompiyutha, amafilimu (avatar), amasistimu wokusebenza, njll. Ngakho-ke isisekelo se-metaverse kufanele sibe uhlobo oluthile lwe-inthanethi ye-3D.

Ngeke isebenze ngaphandle kwehadiwe 

Nokho, ukuze usebenzise kahle/ubuke/uzulazule okuqukethwe okunjalo, kufanele ube nethuluzi elifanele. Lezi yizibuko ze-VR neze-AR futhi zizoba yizibuko ze-AR noma wonke amahedisethi, mhlawumbe ahlanganiswe nama-smartphone namanye amadivayisi. IMeta inikezelwe kubo nenkampani yayo i-Oculus, kulindeleke izinto ezinkulu kwa-Apple mayelana nalokhu.

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Uzokwazi ukuthenga ezitolo ezibonakalayo, ubuke amakhonsathi abonakalayo, uhambe uye ezindaweni ezibonakalayo, futhi vele, konke ngokunethezeka kwekhaya lakho. Usibonile isithombe Ready Player One? Uma kungenjalo, yibheke futhi uzoba nombono othile wokuthi ingase ibukeke kanjani "ngokoqobo" esikhathini esizayo.

Ngale ndlela, sizobhekana nakho konke ngendlela enengqondo futhi ejulile, hhayi kuphela nge-Meta ne-Apple, ngoba ezinye iziqhwaga zobuchwepheshe nazo zisebenza ngesixazululo sazo futhi ngeke zifune ukusala ngemuva (Microsoft, Nvidia). Noma ubani oqala lo mhlaba kuqala uyoba nokuhola okucacile. Hhayi kuphela empumelelweni yokuthengisa yesixazululo sakho, kodwa nasekuqoqweni kwedatha emayelana nabasebenzisi, futhi, vele, eqondise esikhangisweni esifanele. 

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