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The Metaverse
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Abstract
The Metaverse. Depending on your perspective, it’s either the future of the Internet, the next generation of video games, or even “a deeply uncomfortable, worse version of Zoom.” In many ways, the confusion, overpromising, and hype are reminiscent of how the Internet itself was envisioned in earlier epochs. After all, William Gibson, who coined the term “cyberspace” in his sci-fi short story “Burning Chrome,” famously described it in part as a “a consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators in every nation.” From this vantage point, the Metaverse is the ultimate realization of Gibson’s original idea of cyberspace itself. In other words, the stakes are high, and confusion abounds, particularly in the public, making it—we feel—a perfect addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know series.
Oxford University PressNew York
Title: The Metaverse
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Abstract
The Metaverse.
Depending on your perspective, it’s either the future of the Internet, the next generation of video games, or even “a deeply uncomfortable, worse version of Zoom.
” In many ways, the confusion, overpromising, and hype are reminiscent of how the Internet itself was envisioned in earlier epochs.
After all, William Gibson, who coined the term “cyberspace” in his sci-fi short story “Burning Chrome,” famously described it in part as a “a consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators in every nation.
” From this vantage point, the Metaverse is the ultimate realization of Gibson’s original idea of cyberspace itself.
In other words, the stakes are high, and confusion abounds, particularly in the public, making it—we feel—a perfect addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know series.