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100 1 _aBall, Matthew
_q(Matthew L.)
245 1 4 _aThe Metaverse :
_band how it will revolutionize everything /
_cMatthew Ball.
246 3 _aMeta-verse.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bLiveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company,
_cc2022.
300 _axv, 336 pages ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aWhat 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.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aComputers and civilization.
650 0 _aHuman-computer interaction.
650 0 _aInternet
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aShared virtual environments.
650 0 _aVirtual reality.
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