The “Metaverse” of the Microsoft-Activision Deal Is Just a Buzzword
Microsoft bought the video game publisher Activision Blizzard for $70 billion. The deal is a big deal for video games, but it raises questions about the relevance of the term "metraverse" and the concept of a vast and immersive virtual world. Facebook rebranded itself as Meta. Mark Zuckerberg hopes to elevate users to an embodied internet in the next several years. He used the idea in a video of him projecting his virtual avatar to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. It's a familiar ideal in science fiction and online gaming. Microsoft and Sony are jockeying for control of market in nebulous sense.
