The Metaverse Group describes itself as “the world’s first virtual real estate company”, and focuses on buying, developing and selling real estate within the metaverse. A 500-square-metre plot of virtual real estate has sold for $2.43 million, breaking the record for the largest ever metaverse land acquisition. The purchase by the firm Metaverse Group is more than double the previous record for a sale of land or property within a virtual reality world. Is Metaverse the next step the next human world?