Publication: The Metaverse
Date
2022-06-08
ISSN
Published
2022-06-08
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The Metaverse, widely regarded as a
successor to today’s internet, is a concept embodying a
unified digital world that is tightly connected to the
physical world. In the Metaverse, people can interact
without physical or geographic constraints and enjoy a
compelling sense of social presence. This offers a positive
impact on the real world in various areas. In addition, the
Metaverse can serve as a globally unified economic system
for digital content that enables entities in different
countries to interact frictionlessly. The emerging
technologies curation series aims to capture and share
Korea’s experience and lessons learned in regard to the
exploration and adoption of emerging technologies such as
blockchain, AI, edge-computing, IoT, 5G, and so forth. This
third issue in the series briefly describes the Metaverse
and its potential for solving development challenges,
alongside key highlights of Korea’s experience.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2022. The Metaverse. Emerging Technologies Curation Series; No.3. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/39957 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”