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Everything you need to know about the metaverse

Seen on the screen of a device in Sausalito, Calif., Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces their new name, Meta, during a virtual event on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Zuckerberg talked up his latest passion — creating a virtual reality “metaverse” for business, entertainment and meaningful social interactions.

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Everything you need to know about the metaverse

By  Stephanie Kim
   

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What exactly is the metaverse? And why are some entrepreneurs and businesses betting big on it?

Reset explores those questions and more with a tech enthusiast and a researcher who worries the next iteration of the internet won’t be inclusive to all people.

GUESTS: Eric Ravenscraft, product writer and reviewer at WIRED

Breigha Adeyemo, doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois, Chicago

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