Exploiting the Metaverse: Who will be the real winners?

Facebook’s drive to hire 10,000 people across EU to bring metaverse to life is a massive leap forward to creating a reality that features a decentralised, open-architecture platform accessed by virtual reality headsets and powered by blockchain technology

By jumping into an immersive experience using a virtual reality headset, one can work, play video games, buy digital items, socialise with friends, and consume media, all while present within the metaverse itself. To quote the science-fiction film Ready Player One, which depicts an infinite metaverse called the Oasis: "People come to the Oasis for all the things they can do, but they stay for all the things they can be: tall, beautiful, scary, a different sex, a different species, live-action, cartoon, it's all your call."   One of the reasons giants like Facebook are getting so excited ...