Meet “My Avastars,” a new collection of dolls available for presale Saturday that’s being hailed as the first-ever toy “born in the metaverse.” Why is this important? Because your 7-12-year-old’s about to know a whole lot more about the metaverse than you do.
Given that this still-fuzzy concept of a future that merges physical reality with the digital world is predicted to become an $800 billion market by 2024, the fact that a new $25 kids toy might explain it better than anything we’ve seen so far is pretty darn interesting, too.