The Metaverse : and how it will revolutionize everything /
Ball, Matthew
The Metaverse : and how it will revolutionize everything / Meta-verse. Matthew Ball. - First edition. - xv, 336 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is the Metaverse? ; A brief history of the future ; Confusion and uncertainty ; A definition (finally) ; The next internet -- Building the Metaverse: Networking ; Computing ; Virtual world engines ; Interoperability ; Hardware ; Payment rails ; Blockchains -- How the Metaverse will revolutionize everything: When will the Metaverse arrive? ; Meta-business ; Metaverse winners and losers ; Metaversal existence.
"From the leading theorist of the Metaverse comes the definitive account of the next internet: what the Metaverse is, what it will take to build it, and what it means for all of us"--
1324092033 9781324092032
bl2022021772
Computers and civilization.
Human-computer interaction.
Internet--Social aspects.
Shared virtual environments.
Virtual reality.
TK5105.8864 / .B35 2022
303.48/34
The Metaverse : and how it will revolutionize everything / Meta-verse. Matthew Ball. - First edition. - xv, 336 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is the Metaverse? ; A brief history of the future ; Confusion and uncertainty ; A definition (finally) ; The next internet -- Building the Metaverse: Networking ; Computing ; Virtual world engines ; Interoperability ; Hardware ; Payment rails ; Blockchains -- How the Metaverse will revolutionize everything: When will the Metaverse arrive? ; Meta-business ; Metaverse winners and losers ; Metaversal existence.
"From the leading theorist of the Metaverse comes the definitive account of the next internet: what the Metaverse is, what it will take to build it, and what it means for all of us"--
1324092033 9781324092032
bl2022021772
Computers and civilization.
Human-computer interaction.
Internet--Social aspects.
Shared virtual environments.
Virtual reality.
TK5105.8864 / .B35 2022
303.48/34