Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel Snow Crash 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, notably Second Life. In the 2010s, technology companies—from Meta to Epic Games—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.This volume brings together leading scholars and industry professionals to examine past “imaginations” and recent “achievements” in the pursuit of the Metaverse. Contributors 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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Copyrightjahr
2025
ISBN-Print
978-3-8376-7462-0
ISBN-Online
978-3-8394-7462-4
Verlag
transcript, Bielefeld
Reihe
Bild und Bit. Studien zur digitalen Medienkultur
Band
21
Sprache
Deutsch
Seiten
397
Produkttyp
Sammelband
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FrontmatterSeiten 1 - 4 Vanessa Ossa, Gundolf S. Freyermuth, Isabelle Hamm, Benjamin Beil Download Kapitel (PDF)
Table of ContentsSeiten 5 - 6 Vanessa Ossa, Gundolf S. Freyermuth, Isabelle Hamm, Benjamin Beil Download Kapitel (PDF)
Preface and AcknowledgementsSeiten 7 - 12 Vanessa Ossa, Gundolf S. Freyermuth, Isabelle Hamm, Benjamin Beil Download Kapitel (PDF)
Creating a GTP-3-driven Chatbot for Social Virtual RealitySeiten 265 - 308 Jesse Schell, Giovanni Tagliamonte, Lars Schmeink, Tobias Bieseke, Sonia Fizek, Nicolle Lamerichs, Christina Kinne, Icare Bamba, Alina Fuchte, Janet H. Murray Download Kapitel (PDF)
