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What is the[[The Metaverse]]?
 
The short answer: "It's the Internet, except you can walk around in it."
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This is a subtrope of [[Cyberspace]] where it's widely known and used as a replacement for today's Internet by the public at large, not just by a few lucky hackers, discoverers, or inventors' friends.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]'' - See the episode where Major Kusanagi visits a chat room, for example.
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* [[OpenSimulator]]
* [[Second Life]]
* For some years, [[Steve Jackson Games]] ran a MUD/MUSH named "The Metaverse" (after ''Snow Crash'') on its original net presence, io.com.
 
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