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The metaverse is already here. The debate now is over who should own it

Metaverse users are wary of Meta's foray into the virtual world. The company, formerly known as Facebook, plans to spend at least $10 billion on its metaverse division this year.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions a future where people work and play in virtual reality in an online space called the metaverse.

By now, you've likely heard of the metaverse.

Last month, CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent everyone running to their dictionaries to figure out what he was talking about when he said Facebook was changing its name to Meta and declared the metaverse not only the next chapter for his company, but "the next chapter for the internet."

The thing is, the word and concept aren't new. coined the term in his 1992 science-fiction book , in which people use avatars to explore an online world. A number of small metaverses

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