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Through the Metaverse, and What Can Be Found There

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Through the Metaverse, and What Can Be Found There

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Through the Metaverse, and What Can Be Found There

Through the Metaverse, and What Can Be Found There

Sarah Hammer, managing director of the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance at the Wharton School, breaks down the basics of the new digital world.

If the internet is two-dimensional—text and images on flat screens—the metaverse is thought of as three-dimensional and multisensory.

But what exactly is the metaverse, and what does it mean for daily life? Penn Today asked Sarah Hammer, managing director of the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance at the Wharton School, for five key takeaways about metaverse.

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