Neal Stephenson akasungulanga ihedisethi yento engekho ngokoqobo. Kodwa ngokuqinisekile u-Meta uyalazi igama lakhe - ngo-1992, inoveli yakhe yokuqala ye-cyberpunk ethiSnow Crash yaqamba inkulumo ethi "Metaverse" ukuchaza umhlaba ongokoqobo otholakala ngezibuko ze-VR. Ikhuthaze abathuthukisi be-VR ababalulekile21, naku-2 href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/28/22745234/facebook-new-name-meta-metaverse-zuckerberg-rebrand">I-Facebook inqume ukuqamba kabusha yonke inkampani yayo ngokuthi i-Meta ukuze ijahe lelo phupho elibi.
Manje, u-Stephenson uthi akasakholelwa ukuthi ikhompyutha egqoke ubuso iyikusasa. Ucabanga ukuthi izibuko ze-Meta ziyamangaza: "Abantu abathandi ukugqoka izinto ebusweni babo futhi abathembi labo abazenzayo." Ucabanga ukuthi izibuko aziselona ikusasa emhlabeni emhlabeni ogcwele …
