元宇宙yuán yǔ zhòu

元宇宙

yuán yǔ zhòu

Metaverse.

元 yuán representing, meta-;

宇宙 yǔ zhòu universe.

Coined in Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson’s 1992 sci-fi novel,

the term refers to a convergence of physical, augmented,

and virtual reality in a shared online space.