The Metaverse
By John Hartman
Repost from Lockergnome’s Nexus.
“The Metaverse, a phrase coined by Neal Stephenson’s science fiction novel Snow Crash (1992) constitutes Stephenson’s vision of how a virtual reality-based Internet might evolve in the near future.
We are moving towards a virtualized existence that has been touted for some time now. Initially the term virtual reality captured our imaginations with pioneers like Lanier and Rheingold. We watched as Lori Singer and Pierce Brosnan portrayed amazing Hollywood visions of what VR might be. The reality of VR was that the clunky gear and 14.4 modems could not even begin to match the futuristic visions Hollywood was putting out.”
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