1. What is "Metaverse"

The term Metaverse has been first mentioned in the sci-fi novel “Snow Crash” in 1992 to describe a virtual reality world called the Matrix. In fact, the term has been formed from the combination of the two English terms “Meta” and “Universe”. Nowadays, it refers to the shared virtual 3D world and even refers to the multiple cross-platform worlds that can provide users a comprehensively immersive experience with interactive and collaborative activities.

2.  How does Metaverse work

The Metaverse comprises different components that constitute its environment that is required for providing interaction in both the virtual and physical worlds. For instance, users may experience Metaverse in digital avatars complemented with VR/AR technologies. Also, there are several characteristics, such as virtual world, persistency, scalability, always-on with synchronicity, financial allowance, decentralization, security, and interoperability, should be maintained in a standard Metaverse platform.

3. What is the impact of Metaverse on Government Entities

The Metaverse could be used as a platform to enable citizens to seamlessly access services and applications using technology that simulates the physical world. Hence, adopting Metaverse also ensures citizens to access governmental services and applications anywhere and anytime through avatars, the matter that gives government entities a good opportunity to embrace the Metaverse environment to provide new interactive services to beneficiaries in order to achieve transparency and efficiency while reducing relative costs and complexities.

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Metaverse - Brief Study