Neal Stephenson khange ayile iseti yentloko eyinyani. Kodwa uMeta ngokuqinisekileyo uyalazi igama lakhe - ngo-1992, inoveli yakhe ye-cyberpunk ye-seminal I-Snow Crash yaqulunqa ibinzana elithi "Metaverse" ukuchaza ihlabathi lokwenyani elibonakalayo ngokusebenzisa iiglasi ze-VR. Ikhuthaze abaninzi abaphuhlisi beVR abangundoqo21, kunye ne-2 href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/28/22745234/facebook-new-name-meta-metaverse-zuckerberg-rebrand">I-Facebook igqibe kwelokuba ithiywe ngokutsha inkampani yayo yonke ibe yi-Meta ukuleqa elo phupha ligwenxa.
Ngoku, uStephenson uthi akasakholelwa ukuba icomputing enxitywe ubuso ilikamva. Ucinga ukuba iiglasi zeMeta ziyamangalisa: "Abantu abathandi ukunxiba izinto ebusweni babo kwaye abathembi abo bazenzayo." Ucinga ukuba iiglasi aziselilo ikamva kwihlabathi elizaliswe zi …
