Technological breakthrough: the Metaverse

If we stop to think about the word “metaverse”, we can see that it is made of the word “meta” which comes from the Greek language and means “further, beyond, after” and of the word “verse” which refers to the universe, thus the concept of metaverse could be defined as a universe that goes beyond the one that society currently knows. It is a concept that may be hard to understand at first, but in other words, it is a shared online virtual space where people from different geographical locations can interact in real time with each other and digital objects. Likewise it is a concept that is so innovative that it is constantly evolving. If we stop to think about it, it is something that was already being used before, hence the social networks, but the addition of technological innovations make it different.

For many people, this new concept represents a danger and a risk, it can be digital identity theft, misuse of data protection, usurpation of account, nevertheless I think that the risks that it brings are little compared to all the advantages it can offer you.

Amongst the various advantages I would like to highlight some that I consider relevant.

The breakthrough and amelioration of social interaction via a shared environment. People from all around the world can connect, communicate, work or collaborate with different users in real time. In the workplace, it produces a lot of benefits since you can interact with coworkers through a digital whiteboard for example and this is an experience completely different compared to people working in an office each looking at their own screen.

Economic and work opportunities. For any brand or business, the metaverse is a way to different economic and work opportunities, as any company can virtually offer its products or services in any part of the world, this in turn allows the creation of more employment and the expansion in a digital market with a great economic growth.

Education and culture. In the educative environment there is a huge progress given that students can collaborate with other students, teachers or experts from any part of the world, furthermore they can participate to interactive simulations and learn in a different way. Moreover this concept is being developed so much that work practice could be done from home.

I think that we are in a constant change and therefore we must adapt to everything that is coming and will come, a good use of this new technological concept will provide good results.

Adriana Santiago Lara

Translated by Pierrick.