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Re:Apple is building the metaverse substrate by EvanAnderson on Monday June 21, 2021 @04:11PM (#27583764)
I assume it's a reference, at least in part, to the virtual reality world in Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse

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Re:Apple is building the metaverse substrate by OedipusRex on Monday June 21, 2021 @04:27PM (#27583988)
Which is where this falls apart. In the book the Metaverse is basically a completely novel location in “VR”.

If we’re pursuing a Metaverse, VR Chat is closer to a Metaverse than Apple.

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