Until now, the metaverse has been a preserve of large private corporations and upcoming but well-funded startups.
The term has taken the world by storm, and there is a strong feeling that this is the next evolution of the internet.
Now, government bodies are seeking a piece of the action. The United States Airforce (USAF) is the first of these. It has filed a trademark application for ‘SpaceVerse’.
The application was reportedly submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office on April 14. Trademark attorney Mike Kondoudis was first to make the discovery.
The United States Air Force has filed a trademark application for SPACEVERSE for a metaverse that
1. Converges terrestrial and space physical and digital realities
2. Provides extended-reality training, testing, and operations environments
Mike Kondoudis


Not much elaboration is provided in the patent application, but one key aspect is training, which is likely the best use case for the Air Force right…