Steemit Crypto Academy Contest / S3W1 - The Metaverse by @emmy7924.

Hello Friend

I feel so good to have you here on my post. Today, everything about me is fill with joy because we are now in our Season 3 engagement challenge contest after going for a shorter break. In this post that you are about to read is my entry to the contest that was organized in Steemit Crypto Academy S3W1 contest titled; Metaverse. Let's see what I have discussed concerning Metaverse.

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Define your understanding of the Metaverse. What has the Metaverse aimed to achieve? Is Metaverse here fully with us yet?

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Definition of Metaverse

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Metaverse is define as a virtual community that incorporate several different internet services and function, which includes gaming, socializing business opportunities and other form of communication in a virtual world.

In other words, Metaverse is define as a virtual reality universe on it own that enable people across the world to meet and interacts virtually instead of coming together in one place. Metaverse started gaining it popularity as a concept late last year which is in 2021 and even early this year 2022 start from the supports that most of the top tech companies like Facebook, Epic Games, NVidia, Microsoft and many others whom have agreed to support the growth of Metaverse project.

What Metaverse aimed to achieve?

The aimed of Metaverse is to achieve a virtual world where users all over the world can participate and represent themselves as digital avatars. Metaverse aimed is to create a digital world where most of the things that we have been doing physically can be done virtually and more faster.

So in a nutshell, Metaverse aimed is to create a virtual world where people's inrespective of where they are can be able to interact with each other and digital solutions that will be in form of avatars to represent them virtually.

Is Metaverse here fully with us yet?

The answer to this question is NO Metaverse is not fully with us yet. Metaverse as at the time of writing this post, isn't fully with us yet, but plans are been put in place by some of the top giant tech companies to make sure that metaverse is fully with us.

State the technologies that can be utilized to achieve Security, Ownership, and others in the Metaverse. In your own words, how are the technologies going to be utilized to achieve security and ownership? (Include any components of the technologies that would be of great advantage to the development of Metaverse).

The Technologies that can be utilized to achieve security, ownership and others in the Metaverse are stated below;

• Virtual Reality (VR)
• Augmented Reality (AR)
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Blockchain technology
• Internet of Things (IoT)

Aside these technologies that I have stated above, there are some software tools hardware, application and content that is generated by people. Let's take a look at how these technologies can be utilized to achieve security and ownership.

Virtual Reality: can be utilized to achieve security and ownership in the Metaverse since is a powerful technology that can provide users with a sensory means of unlocking file that proof ownership of user content just as it's in the real world where people need key to unlock their door.

Augmented Reality: can be utilized to achieve security and ownership in the Metaverse if it's use together with VR, since it own duty is for implementation camera (making camera device to work perfectly.

Blockchain: can be utilized to achieve security and ownership in the Metaverse by validating value transfer, data storage that is within the Metaverse and making sure that there is credibility in the Metaverse.

Finally, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence are the two types of technologies that can be utilized in the Metaverse to help facilitate urgent functions such as limitless interactions.

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Do we have any Gamification developments that look like the Metaverse? Discuss any two protocols and how they work.

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Yes we do have some Gamification developments that look like the Metaverse. Decentraland, Axie Infinity, Star Atlas and TOTEM.Earth are the most popular Gamification developments that look like the Metaverse. Let's take a look at two of the Gamification developments.

Decentraland:
Decentraland is one of the most popular Gamification of Metaverse game that allows players of the game to own, operate and trade their land and other digital property. Basically, in the Decentraland, Land is minted ad an NFT, so players can be able to buy and sell it as a token in the marketplace. However, MANA is the native token of Decentraland and it can be used to buy land, digital asset and other properties.

Decentraland allow players to be in control of their property which makes players to have full ownership of their property.

Axie Infinity:
Axie Infinity is another top Gamification of Metaverse games that is on the Ethereum blockchain. The game is a play to earn game where players make uses of what is known as Pokemon Style NFT creatures know as Axies to battle and complete challenge daily in exchange for Ether.

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What are the Pros and Cons of Metaverse? Do you believe in the future of the Metaverse? Discuss.

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Metaverse is a good technologies that is going to change the ways things are been done in real life into a virtual world. However, despite the fact that is a good technologies, there are still some disadvantages in it which I have details out below;

Pro:

• Elimination of physical distance
  One of the advantages of Metaverse is that it's going to eliminate physical distance and bring the world together by connecting people virtually. This means that as long as people are in a virtual world communicating and seeing each other the issue of physical location would no longer matter to them that much as affection will still be there.

• Experience of Immersive
  People will be more enveloped with their activities. There will have the opportunity to do more business , get socialize, have their business meeting done virtually, play games and many more.

• Enhance good social interactions online
  With metaverse,people will have the time to communicate with their loved ones and friend more personally. Also means of communication will be increase and more easy for people which will even eliminate physical gathering.

Cons

• Cybercrime rate
  One disadvantages of technology is the cybercrime that is associated with it. In this case,as metaverse is not control by the government,government cannot fight cybercrime as it's a decentralized.

• Culture and tradition can be affected
  As people are getting use of technology that is how our culture and tradition in our society are dying off.The more people will be spending their time in the Metaverse that is how our cultural heritage will be gradually dying.

• Issues of mental health
  Technology is good but it can also affect one health it the person is too addicted to it. Like in the case for those that light are not good to their health. The thing is that those that are suffering from schizophrenic symptoms are of risk.

As for the future of Metaverse, I strongly believe in it because serious works has been put on desk to make Metaverse come to Reality. And the coming of Metaverse will definitely change a lot of things in the world.

I am inviting @simonnwigwe, @olabillions and @josantos to also join me and participate in this contest...

Thank you reading my post which is part of my entry am happy seeing you around......