Basic Metaverse: How Virtual Worlds Will Change Our Reality and What You Can Do to Unlock Their Potential
Language: English
Published by Robinson, 2023
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[Author], [Publisher]. Author: David Shrier Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 What is the metaverse? Quite simply, it's a digital platform to help people collaborate, work and play in new ways, in an immersive 3D environment. In Basic Metaverse, leading futurist David L. Shrier explains how the technology works, unpacks its potential uses - including its relationship to the development of Web3 - and its impact on everyday life and work. He explores some of the legal and moral quandaries that could accompany widespread adoption of this transformational technology, from issues of wealth disparity and access to what happens if your virtual avatar commits a crime in the metaverse. The metaverse future is full of possibility. One thing we can be certain of is that it will be stranger than we can imagine. Join Shrier as he journeys across virtual worlds in search of understanding.
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- Title
- Basic Metaverse: How Virtual Worlds Will Change Our Reality and What You Can Do to Unlock Their Potential
- Author
- David Shrier
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Publication year
- 2023
- Book Type
- Paperback
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1472148142
- ISBN 13
- 9781472148148
What is the metaverse? Quite simply, it's a digital platform to help people collaborate, work and play in new ways, in an immersive 3D environment.
In Basic Metaverse, leading futurist David L. Shrier explains how the technology works, unpacks its potential uses - including its relationship to the development of Web3 - and its impact on everyday life and work.
He explores some of the legal and moral quandaries that could accompany widespread adoption of this transformational technology, from issues of wealth disparity and access to what happens if your virtual avatar commits a crime in the metaverse.
The metaverse future is full of possibility. One thing we can be certain of is that it will be stranger than we can imagine. Join Shrier as he journeys across virtual worlds in search of understanding.
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About the Author
David L. Shrier is a globally recognised expert on digital transformation. He is Professor of Practice, AI & Innovation at Imperial College Business School and co-Director of the Trusted AI Institute.
David helps public companies, private enterprise and more than 100 governments on creating ecosystems for new ventures in fields such as artificial intelligence, data analytics and financial technology.
He and MIT Professor Alex Pentland personally helped revolutionise how online classes are delivered by top universities, stimulating entrepreneurial action across more than 150 countries and empowering over 20,000 innovators. David has fostered new business models for academia that have generated over US$1 billion of financial support for Imperial College London, MIT, Harvard and Oxford University.
David spends considerable time translating academic theory into business practice, co-founding five MIT AI spinouts. His Visionary Future venture studio both works with established companies to generate new revenue, having advised on more than $10 billion of growth initiatives, and launches new enterprises. His portfolio of university-related startups spans artificial intelligence, new financial architectures and other disruptive technologies.
His eight books since 2016 include, with Little, Brown: Basic Metaverse (2023), Augmenting Your Career: How to Win at Work in the Age of AI (2021) and Basic Blockchain (2020). He also has published multiple books with MIT Press on advanced technology topics. David holds an Sc.B. from Brown University.
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