![]() Based on literature, economy, psychology, and art, this paper discusses the opportunities and risks of the Metaverse, including an outlook on a predicted societal impact, especially laying its focus on the holistic connections of the different points of view. Similar to the attractivity of social media, also the Metaverse requires a high number of active users and service providers (private companies, but also governmental offices), fostering the tendency to an oligopoly. Today, independent companies work on their visions of the Metaverse, but unequal starting positions may make it difficult for them to compete with the established competitors. This means less choice for the users and a stronger position of the providers to create solutions maximizing their economic benefit. As observed with social media platforms, inside the initial competition, various providers had to close their platforms, leading to today’s oligopoly. On the other hand, the pure market power of some of the companies developing their concepts may limit this potential freedom for the users. ![]() Around 100 years later, the arrival of the Metaverse with its independence of physical laws promises to bring Surrealism to a next level. ![]() In the 1920s developed a new artistic and cultural movement called “Surrealism”, which not only included the revolutionary paintings and sculptures, but also philosophical texts and novels. ![]()
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