Neal Stephenson, a 1992 scientist fiction author, coined the term Metaverse. Snow CrashTo describe the future of virtual reality-based online communities. Some people have gone even further. pronouncing Stephenson’s novel a prediction of the future.

Before you agree that it’s some mystical peek into the future and invoke the rules of time travel, let’s first investigate what the Metaverse is through the lens of something much more accessible: Minecraft. More on that later.