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As far back as the late ‘80s people could venture into a virtual online world. Screenshot of Habitat from Lucasfilm Games

The metaverse isn’t here yet, but it already has a long history

Tom Boellstorff, University of California, Irvine

The metaverse is still unfolding, but it has been developing for more than a century. Rudimentary virtual worlds have existed – in imagination and reality – since the days of the telegraph.
The metaverse might be a work in progress, but a key prototype – the virtual world – has been around for several decades. Screen capture from Second Life by Tom Boellstorff

How we describe the metaverse makes a difference – today’s words could shape tomorrow’s reality and who benefits from it

Tom Boellstorff, University of California, Irvine

Who makes money from the metaverse, and how, comes down to what it becomes. And shaping the metaverse is, to a large degree, a matter of definitions.

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