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The metaverse is revolutionizing our digital lives, from the gaming world to global business meetings and interactive festivals. But cities and municipalities are also <\/span>benefit from the metaverse<\/span>. What’s behind the term and what advantages <\/span>the digital world brings can be found here.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n The metaverse is a digital world that is created by merging the real environment with augmented, virtual reality and the internet. Basically, the metaverse is a <\/span> immersive and interactive environment that links our real world with a digital environment, offering users various benefits, such as interacting in real time and creating digital objects, as well as experiencing different virtual experiences. The Metaverse uses technologies such as VR and AR headsets, haptic feedback devices, 3D models, blockchain and artificial intelligence. It offers opportunities for social interactions, commerce, education, entertainment and much more and has the potential to fundamentally change the way we communicate, work and play. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n Even in ancient times, stories such as that of King Gilgamesh showed that people were interested in other worlds and fictional states. These cultural roots, combined with significant technological breakthroughs, form the foundation of the metaverse as we know it today. The following graphic shows various milestones and innovations that have particularly shaped the metaverse. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/digitaleentwicklung.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Historie-Metaverse-Blog-5.png” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The metaverse offers a wide range of opportunities to create added value in a smart city. Planning components and services play a particularly important role here. A few possible use cases are listed here: <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n The metaverse can thus play a key role in the digital transformation of cities and communities by offering new approaches to planning, business and social interactions.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n Our new white paper, written by Florian Maier and Prof. Dr. Markus Weinberger, offers in-depth insights into the potential of the metaverse. Download now for free! <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_text=”Download” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” button_url=”https:\/\/zde-akademie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ZDE-WhitePaper_Metaverse-2024-07.pdf” button_alignment=”center” url_new_window=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The metaverse is revolutionizing our digital lives, from the gaming world to global business meetings and interactive festivals. But cities and municipalities are also benefit from the metaverse. What’s behind the term and what advantages the digital world brings can be found here. What is the metaverse? The metaverse is a digital world that is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-21407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is the metaverse?<\/h3>\n
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