The Metaverse: Fully Revised and Updated Edition: Building the Spatial Internet - Hardcover

Ball, Matthew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1324095288 ISBN 13: 9781324095286

Publisher: WW Norton & Co, 2024

Synopsis

"Ball's lucid and timely book offers a portal into a new realm."―The Economist

"The term “Metaverse” is thirty years old, yet only recently entered mainstream conversation, attracting both fascinating and skepticism. While some have promised its imminent arrival, in fact it will take a series of technological and societal leaps to realise its full potential. In The Metaverse, pioneering theorist, former tech executive and acclaimed entrepreneur Matthew Ball offers an expansive tour of the “next internet”: he presents a comprehensive definition of the Metaverse (going far beyond mere virtual reality headsets), explains the technologies that will power it, addresses governance challenges, and predicts Metaverse winners and losers. Bringing clarity and authority to a frequently misunderstood concept, this revised and updated edition of Ball’s authoritative work demonstrates how the Metaverse will radically reshape society.

“A comprehensive guide to every aspect of the metaverse.”―John Thornhill, Financial Times

“Offers a better understanding of the metaverse than the novel that coined the term―1992’s Snow Crash.”―Cecilia D’Anastasio, Bloomberg

About this title

About the Author

Matthew Ball is an entrepreneur; angel investor; film, TV, and video game producer; and national and international best-selling author. He has written for the The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Time.

From the Back Cover

"Ball's lucid and timely book offers a portal into a new realm."―The Economist

Edition details

• Publisher: WW Norton & Co
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1324095288
• ISBN 13: 9781324095286
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448