A leading metaverse proponent describes the internet’s next evolutionary phase by clarifying what it isn’t. The metaverse is not immersive virtual reality (VR), a VR headset, a new video game or “an all-encompassing clear vision of the future,” according to Matthew Ball, author of The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything. Instead, he defines it in a variety of ways — too many to list here. In this article, Matthew Ball discusses one of the simplest metaverse definitions: the metaverse is the 3D internet, which will impact us in ways we can’t yet fully understand.