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Aaron Raj @ Tech Wire Asia 3 place · 08/07/2023 16:03 EDT

Metaverse: entertainment hub or education tool?

When Mark Zuckerberg first unveiled the metaverse way back in 2021, it was not supposed to be a platform just for entertainment. In fact, Meta’s metaverse was supposed to be an online world where users could work, communicate and also play games in a virtual environment through VR headsets. Zuckerberg believed the metaverse was the... Read more »

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