Great article. I'm bullish that the metaverse will be built on top of our current 2D web as a 3D, immersive overlay where creators, companies, and consumers can freely navigate from one virtual space to another seamlessly, using hyperlinks.

WebAssembly, WebGPU, and WebXR are the cornerstone technologies of an open, interoperable by default metaverse.

Our team at Wonder Interactive is working to bring one of the biggest native game engines, Unreal Engine, to the browser use the above mentioned technologies. For anyone interested in our tooling and hosting platform, you can check it out here:

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