MetaCity: the digital city as metaverse social enabler.

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Abstract

With the pandemic forcing a prolonged lockdown, many people have had time to explore the Metaverse as an opportunity to understand the digital future. They have discovered something truly amazing to explore, participate in and share with others. These shared virtual spaces allow anyone to join a borderless economy with unlimited creativity. The Metaverse is a shared virtual space born from the convergence of physical and digital reality, and the Internet. Due to its human, social essence always associated with a possible world or virtual place, an obvious parallelism is established with the concept of city (place, human, social) which we call MetaCity, as a digital reflection of the concept of physical city. We will explore the different characteristics of this MetaCity, as well as its three main spheres of action (Leisure/Games, Social, and Business/Urban Services). We will discuss its advantages and challenges. We will explore the new city dual dimension and the possibilities that this entails for its constant effort to attract and retain talent, both to the real city and its virtual parallel. And we will end up dreaming of the possibilities of mental union of the inhabitants of a virtual city to co-create it and take it to its maximum splendor.