What is the metaverse? A simple definition.

Mark Zuckerberg recently dedicated a long interview to the subject, so the metaverse ust be a thing. Promptly, the chatter is exploding. Personally I believe the metaverse is currently underhyped: it will be A Really Big Thing, for consumers, and for businesses, and in particular for commerce and collaboration, far beyond what we can grasp in video games and the likes today.

So what is it, this metaverse thing? I want to share my definition, because I think it is simple, and useful.

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Prompted by this exchange on Twitter: