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Ignore the hype and the crash. The underlying idea—persistent, shared digital spaces—is not dead. Fortnite is a metaverse. Roblox is a metaverse. Entertainment will increasingly become a venue. Why watch a concert when you can attend a volumetric capture of your favorite rapper in a game engine? Why watch a reality show when you can vote on the narrative in real-time in a Discord server? Outside, the city of Neo-Veridia was a labyrinth