IowaMetaverse.com

Iowa Metaverse, Inc. is a Nonprofit Iowa 501(c)(3) corporation.

The mission and purposes of Iowa Metaverse, Inc. are educational. The specific mission is to develop and operate regions, islands and servers in and for virtual worlds, what has been called the metaverse. Iowa Metaverse attempts 1) to educate and inform people with regard to economic and educational opportunities in the State of Iowa, 2) to living in and relocating to the State of Iowa and 3) to opportunities for visiting and tourism in the State of Iowa. When appropriate Iowa Metaverse, Inc. will help other States and regions requiring aid in such projects. Currently, Iowa Metaverse, Inc. operates only in Second Life (SecondLife.com).

The term "metaverse" comes from Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel Snow Crash. The term is widely used to describe the vision behind current work on fully immersive 3D virtual spaces like Linden Labs' Second Life or There.com. In these environments, people interact as avatars with each other, both socially and economically, and sometimes with software agents in a cyber space, that uses the metaphor of the real world, but without its physical limitations.