The time is ripe for the ‘metaverse’. The core concept behind the metaverse is captured in books like Snow Crash and Ready Player One; it includes large virtual worlds in which anyone and anything can exist, hang-out, trade, create and work. Critical to this idea is unprecedented interoperability between experiences. Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, paints a picture of what is to come:
"Just as every company a few decades ago created a webpage, and then at some point every company created a Facebook page, I think we’re approaching the point where every company will have a real-time live 3D presence, through partnerships with game companies or through games like Fortnite and Minecraft and Roblox..."
