The Metaverse: Déjà vu of the internet hype in the late '90s
The media coverage surrounding the Metaverse has been -at best- mixed, with some portraying it as the logical evolution of the internet and others dismissing it as mere hype. This is nothing new. The medias relationship with emerging technologies has always been complicated, marked by a mix of skepticism, fascination, and, at times, hysteria. The parallels between the media coverage of the internet in the late 90s and early 00s and the Metaverse narrative of today are striking. In the late 90s, ...
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