What is Metaverse Meaning and Components: Metaverse Tech

The term Metaverse began to be widely discussed in various media, starting when Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Meta Facebook company, changed his company name to meta. Mark Zuckerberg expresses his vision to create a metaverse platform or a world in digitization. 

He has also collaborated with various other major world companies to create this digital universe. This metaverse is seen as a media evolution, where previously we could only enjoy content in the two-dimensional form such as on television, smartphones, or games. 

Now with this metaverse technology, we can enjoy media content in three-dimensional form as if it were real. What exactly is a metaverse?

In terms of language, metaverse comes from the words "meta" and "verse" which means beyond and the universe, thus metaverse can be interpreted as a room that contains various things that go beyond what we can see in the real world. Simply put, the metaverse is a three-dimensional virtual world that can interact and blend with the real world.

To create a new life in the virtual world, it takes several elements of technology to be combined, namely:

We will not be able to access the reach in the digital world without the internet network, therefore the internet network is the most important component to create this digital universe.

AR is a technology that combines virtual world objects into the real world in reality in real-time. An example of the application of technology is the game Pokemon Go which was trending around the world.

This game uses GPS to track player movements and uses augmented reality to display Pokemon on the smartphone screen.

VR is a technology that allows us to interact with the digital world that is simulated by a computer. With this technology we seem to be entering the digital world for real, you could say this technology erases the real world around us so that we will focus on entering the digital world. This technology is often also known as virtual reality.

The next component is artificial intelligence or often known as artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is a simulation of human intelligence that is applied in so that it can think like humans. With the help of this technology, the digital components in the metaverse world will be more interactive like real life

Social and economic support is also very much needed to create this new life, interaction between interested individuals is very important. Then in the field of economics, cryptocurrency technology or often known as crypto will help create this metaverse.

Called a new world of digital life, of course, there will be many things we can do in this metaverse world

Among the activities that we can do in this metaverse, the world is watching concerts, just like in a real concert, users can feel the authentic sensation of a concert and can also interact with other users.

Another thing we can do in this metaverse world is bought and sell art and clothing. The form of this transaction is an NFT or non-fungible token, so if we buy an item, we will be given ownership rights to the item. So later on, the item, such as clothes, can also be used on user avatars in the metaverse world or this concept of clothing can be called digital fashion.

For users who like to play games, this metaverse world will definitely provide a new and more exciting gaming experience. There will be many games presented in this new world, Epic Game as a big company in the game world has also invested in the creation of this metaverse.

Finally, the metaverse is a platform that we can use to work, we can use an online meeting platform and enter the digital office in this metaverse world. Working in this metaverse world is a solution to many existing problems, for example, the use of shift work from home due to distance restrictions in the pandemic era, no need to travel time to the office so that it saves time, and various other problems.

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As previously discussed, we can do all kinds of daily activities in this metaverse world.

Users can also carry out various activities on the platform, from investing to carrying out work remotely, just like in the real world. But to be able to enter the world of this metaverse, several things must be prepared

As previously discussed in the metaverse component, the first is an internet connection that is sufficient to be able to access digital component components, apart from the metaverse internet, it must also be supported by capable devices, ranging from VR (Virtual Reality) smartphones and AR (Augmented Reality).

That's a brief description of the metaverse, starting from the definition, the building blocks, the activities of the metaverse, and also how it works. In essence, the metaverse is a digital universe as the latest technology in this modern era. 

This metaverse is predicted to be a new life in the future, therefore we as humans living in this modern era must know and participate in the following developments.