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Is the Metaverse the Next Big Thing or Billion-Dollar Bust?

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WrapPRO special series: Hollywood and Silicon Valley are pumping billions into the brand-new digital universe, but is it real?

We’ll get into all the ways the metaverse is supposed to change the world in just a moment. How its decentralized, blockchain-based algorithms are going to revolutionize online commerce. How its virtual meeting spaces are going to pave the way for the workplaces of tomorrow. How its breakthroughs in 3D immersive technology are going to allow us all to travel seamlessly and instantly from one mind-blowing VR realm to another. But first, a few words about 17th-century Dutch horticulture. Back in the early 1600s, for reasons nobody to this day fully understands, the Dutch went nuts over tulips. I

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