The Metaverse is the latest buzzword, with some investors now rushing to buy digital real estate. As with most novelties, the current buyers are trying to get in on the ground floor – purchase while the public is still skeptical and prices are low, and hope for the virtual land to appreciate. However, is digital real estate truly still “real estate”? And how useful is it as an investment? What is the Metaverse? It refers to a collection of different technologies – ranging from augmented reality to video – which allows you to live in another (digital) universe. Sorry if it sounds vague, but that’s because it is. If you’ve watched Ready Player One though (or have played the Second Life), you’ll have a general idea of what it means: a shared online space, where goods are produced and traded, real social interactions take place, and digital real estate can be bought and sold....