Bibliografía: p. 37-40

As a component of Web 3.0, the metaverse report by EUBOF covered internet iterations from Web 1.0 to Web 3.0. It was made clear that metaverses existed in Web 2.0 but that their characteristics would undergo a radical change with the advent of new technologies and the subsequent architectures that would help to reduce inefficiencies while simultaneously increasing the platform’s potential. The main factors driving metaverse adoption consisted of hardware, software, data, and integration.

There are parallels between the social media case and the metaverse case. A definition of social media is imperative to dive into characteristics, challenges, and more subjects. According to Britannica, ‘social media’are any online platforms where people can interact and share thoughts, opinions, and content. Investopedia adds the concepts of virtual networks and communities into the definition, along with the dimension of user generated content and engagement with personalised profiles. The definition is dependent on the technologies and standards in place for the internet as they are the means for enabling the communication and propagation of information. Technologies and standards address the need to handle the variety, volume, and speed of data as users want to share unstructured data like sound and video with other users around the globe.