Metaverse jobs: Myth or reality?
Have you considered a role as a metaverse research scientist? What part of your résumé demonstrates that you have the skills to take on a metaverse job?
The first electronic television was invented in 1927 by Philo Farnsworth who was 21 years old at the time. Early televisions were bulky and expensive, and viewed as a novelty. People worked more, read books, socialised, and they listened to the radio. Initially, some wondered who was going to sit around and look at fuzzy images on a tiny screen when there were so many more important things to do!
Shy of a hundred years on, we are having remarkably similar conversations about the metaverse - the next generation of the internet which promises to revolutionise the way we live, work, and play. The avatars are clunky, it’s viewed askance by many, and who’s going to roam around in these virtual spaces when we can sit down and have a real cup of coffee?
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