![]() ![]() ![]() In Stephenson's Metaverse, users are represented by controllable avatars that can appear in virtually any form. Twitter users have compared Facebook's newly unveiled "Metaverse," a virtual reality social space, to a '90s science-fiction novel titled "Snow Crash." Above, the Facebook logo is displayed in front of a Meta logo on October 28, 2021, in Paris, France. Augmented reality is a technology that superimposes computer-generated images over a user's view of the real world. In Stephenson's novel, the Metaverse is a shared virtual space that connects all virtual worlds using the internet and augmented reality. The term Metaverse was first coined by science-fiction author Neal Stephenson in his 1992 novel Snow Crash. The goggles, still in development, would be able to detect physical movements and sounds as well as play back audio while people interact in visual and virtual online spaces. He said the company would focus primarily on providing a virtual reality social space called the Metaverse, which people will access using multi-functional, virtual reality goggles. On Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook's parent company would change its name to "Meta." ![]() The novel's author has disavowed any relationship to Facebook's new venture. Twitter users have compared Facebook's newly unveiled "Metaverse," a virtual reality social space, to the Metaverse in the 1992 dystopian science-fiction novel Snow Crash. ![]()
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