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A look at Microsoft’s US$68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard
The backstory
* Before deep-diving into the acquisition, let’s go into what the metaverse is. The metaverse is a virtual world consisting of a combination of augmented reality (e.g. Pokémon Go) and virtual reality (the Oculus Rift).
* A lot of companies are heavily betting on this space to essentially