Daryl Loy

THE term “metaverse” is thought to have been coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash. Some 30 years later, with major leaps in technology raising the possibility of this becoming a reality, the tech and business world is abuzz with talk of the metaverse and its potential commercial applications. This has led to debates about whether new legal rules are required to regulate the metaverse (see, for instance, Regulating avatars in the metaverse, BT, Aug 26, 2022).