Web3: METAVERSE, Metaworse, Metawhatever?! What is that? – Result of a survey in Germany
Published on: April 24, 2022 / Update from: April 24, 2022 - Author: Konrad Wolfenstein
METAVERSE, Metaworse, Metawhatever?! What is that? – Image: A. Solano|Shutterstock.com
The Metaverse is on everyone's lips, but most Germans haven't really been able to do much with it yet. 58 percent of the participants in a survey said that they could not imagine anything under the technology buzzword. As our graphic shows, people with a concrete idea of the Metaverse are in the minority in Germany.
According to their own statements, only 19 percent can make sense of the term; 19 percent had at least heard of it. However, the tech industry is already jumping on the Metaverse bandwagon: According to a survey by Sensor Tower, for example, between October 2021 and January 2022, around 100 apps included the term in their title or description in the respective app stores. As of February, a total of 107 gaming, 101 financial and 70 social apps contain the term.
The term gained greater popularity in 1992 through the science fiction novel Snow Crash by the American writer Neal Stephenson, in which the Metaverse refers to a successor to the Internet based on virtual reality. On October 28, 2021, almost 30 years later, Marc Zuckerberg announced the renaming of Facebook to Meta with immediate effect, putting the discussion around the term and related concepts such as web3 in the spotlight.
This graphic shows the proportion of respondents who can imagine something about Metaverse in Germany
This graphic shows the proportion of respondents who can imagine something under Metaverse in Germany - Image: Statista
English Version: METAVERSE, Metaworse, Metawhat please?! What is it? - Result of a survey in Germany
Everyone is talking about the metaverse, but most Germans don't really know what to make of it. 58 percent of participants in a survey said they had no idea what the technology buzzword meant. As our chart shows, people with a concrete idea of the metaverse are in the minority in Germany.
Only 19 percent said they could make sense of the term, while 19 percent had at least heard of it. However, the tech industry is already jumping on the metaverse bandwagon: According to a survey by Sensor Tower , for example, between October 2021 and January 2022, about 100 apps included the term in their titles or descriptions in their respective app stores. In total, as of February, 107 gaming apps, 101 financial apps and 70 social apps contain the term.
The term gained greater notoriety in 1992 through the science fiction novel Snow Crash by US writer Neal Stephenson, in which the metaverse refers to a successor to the Internet based on virtual reality. On October 28, 2021, almost 30 years later, Marc Zuckerberg announced the renaming of Facebook to Meta with immediate effect, bringing the discussion around the term and related concepts such as web3 into the spotlight.
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