The digital development of ideological and political education is a topic of the times for the development of ideological and political education. As a new technical foundation, the metaverse will empower the digital development of ideological and political education, make the digital development of ideological and political education move from fragmentation to systematization, provide high-fidelity scenes for digital activities of ideological and political education, enrich ideological and political education methods, and promote the formation of a large pattern of ideological and political education. As a social environment, the problems of network addiction, ideological security, and digital alienation still exist in the metaverse, and even the risks are intensifying, and the digital development of ideological and political education is still facing various crises in the metaverse. The future of the digital development of ideological and political education is in the hands of the subjects of ideological and political education, and it is necessary to reasonably face digital technology and the changes in the ideological and political education environment it causes, properly handle the relationship between the real world and the virtual world, digital technology and ideological and political education, and people and digital technology, and use the characteristics of digital technology to promote the development of ideological and political education.