Kāre a Neal Stephenson i i hanga te pane mooni mariko. Engari e tino mohio ana a Meta ki tona ingoa - i te tau 1992, na tana pakiwaitara cyberpunk seminal Snow Crashi hanga te kupu "Metaverse" ki te whakaahua i te ao mooni mariko i wheakohia e nga karu VR. I whakatenatenahia te tini kaiwhakawhanake VR matua - me te 2021 href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/28/22745234/facebook-new-name-meta-metaverse-zuckerberg-rebrand">I whakatau a Facebook ki te whakaingoa ano i tana kamupene katoa ki Meta ki te whai i taua moemoea metaverse.
Na, e kii ana a Stephenson kua kore ia e whakapono ko te rorohiko kua mau te kanohi kei te heke mai. Ki a ia he mea whakamataku nga mohiti a Meta: "Kare te tangata e pai ki te mau kakahu ki runga i o ratau kanohi, kaore hoki e whakawhirinaki ki te hunga e mahi ana." Ki a ia kua kore te motiuri mo te heke mai i roto i te ao ki tonu i te …
