SINCE THE INTERNET was first invented in the 1970s, it has changed a lot. In just a few decades, we’ve gone from white text on a black background to the colourful, whizz-bang, interactive apps we enjoy today. But innovation isn’t going to stop. So what comes next?
The answer—if you believe the panglossian tech executives in Silicon Valley—is something called “The Metaverse”, and it sounds almost ridiculous, until you realise that lots of powerful and