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Gaming the Metaverse

Edited by Benjamin Beil, Edited by Gundolf S. Freyermuth, Edited by Isabelle Hamm, Edited by Vanessa Ossa

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Neal Stephensonâ€™s 1992 novelÂ Snow CrashÂ conceived of the Metaverse as an escapist medium within a dystopian future. By the early 2000s, his vision had evolved into a blueprint for pioneering virtual worlds, notablyÂ Second Life. In the 2010s, technology companiesâ€”from Meta to Epic Gamesâ€”recast the Metaverse as the next frontier of digital experience and revenue generation. Now, in the 2020s, the still speculative concept encompasses a convergence of extended reality technologies alongside blockchain systems and artificial intelligence. The contributors bringÂ together leading scholars and industry professionals to examine past â€œimaginationsâ€ and recent â€œachievementsâ€ in the pursuit of the Metaverse.Â They trace its development through literary, media, and cultural history while exploring current applications and their technical, social, cultural, and economic implications.

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