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What is a metaverse and why is everyone talking about it?

11 August 2021

Huge virtual events including Ariana Grande concerts held inside the video game Fortnite are the latest example of Silicon Valley's new favourite buzzword: a metaverse

3D ‘holograms’ made with lasers by moving one particle at a time

24 January 2018

By moving a single particle with an invisible laser beam, we can create three-dimensional images like the holograms in sci-fi movies that float in thin air

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What is a metaverse and why is everyone talking about it?

3D ‘holograms’ made with lasers by moving one particle at a time

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