How The Metaverse Gaming Industry Can Help Us As Pakistanis.

Metaverse is a newly emerging virtual world that has taken over the world by storm. The gaming industry within the metaverse has especially risen to become a valuable field. Pakistanis can also join the metaverse gaming industry for job or career opportunities the virtual worlds offer.

Metaverse origin

Metaverse is a science fiction concept derived by Neil Stevenson in his 1982 novel, Snow Crash. Literally, meta means massive, while the verse is taken out of the word 'universe,' when combined together as 'metaverse,' the term gives a new meaning, i.e., infinite virtual worlds.

In other words, metaverse means a virtual reality experience in a virtual space generated on the internet. It is a world that connects people all around the world in one virtual space, away from reality.

Metaverse rose to popularity when Meta, previously known as Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerbergannounced the company will be building its own metaverse. This caught the attention of people who poured in millions of dollars to invest in virtual lands and digital assets that would bring them to profit later.

Meta has already made big developments on its mission to create a metaverse. It recently introduced an NFT feature update on Facebook and Instagram which lets people upload their digital collectibles on the social media platform.

Zuckerberg also announced he will build an ecommerce-powered virtual world and marketplace where common people can buy, trade, and socialize on Meta.

Metaverse is currently in its early development stage. Many engineers, developers, and creators from different countries, especially from India, Singapore, and America, are contributing to this industry.

According to a report by Citi, the metaverse is expected to bring revenue of over $13 trillion.

Metaverse gaming industry is the future

Within the Metaverse, the gaming industry is leading and is the future. Pakistan has yet to adopt metaverse gaming because many are still unfamiliar with the related platforms. Although there is a big crypto community in Pakistan, the metaverse community seems to be non-existent.

Many people have this notion that one needs to be well-informed in crypto to try out metaverse or NFTs. However, this is completely wrong. Metaverse is a completely separate industry that empowers creativity, growth, and innovation.

Although the metaverse gaming industry does use digital currencies, the main purpose of these platforms is to bring creators and builders into the virtual...

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