Frankfurt Spotlight: The Metaverse Meets Publishing

Frankfurt Spotlight: The Metaverse Meets Publishing

What is the metaverse? The term was first used by Neal Stephenson in Snow Crash: the 1992 story of a hacker who travels from a totalitarian society to a virtual world called the Metaverse—a place in which his avatar is legendary. Today, we don’t really have a common definition of the metaverse, thou...

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Published in:Publishers Weekly Vol. 269; no. 43
Main Author: Skrede, Ingrid F
Format: Trade Publication Article
Language:English
Published: New York PWxyz, LLC 17-10-2022
Subjects:
Augmented reality
Education
Learning
Publishing
Students
Textbooks
Virtual reality
Norway
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Summary:What is the metaverse? The term was first used by Neal Stephenson in Snow Crash: the 1992 story of a hacker who travels from a totalitarian society to a virtual world called the Metaverse—a place in which his avatar is legendary. Today, we don’t really have a common definition of the metaverse, though many definitions point to a fully immersive internet where we can visit virtual reality and augmented reality, VR and AR, worlds through the use of PCs, smartphones, and headsets.
ISSN:0000-0019
2150-4008