The Metaverse: What Everyone Needs to Know
Language: English
Published by OUP USA -, 2025
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- Title
- The Metaverse: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Author
- Shackelford, Scott J. Scott J. Shackelford, Michael Mattioli, Jeffrey T. Prince, Joao Marinotti,
- Publisher
- OUP USA -
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0197759440
- ISBN 13
- 9780197759448
- Series
- Book 150 of 158: What Everyone Needs To Know?
The Metaverse. Depending on your perspective, it's the future of the Internet, the next generation of video games, or "a deeply uncomfortable, worse version of Zoom." In many ways, the confusion, overpromising, and hype are reminiscent of how the Internet itself was envisioned in earlier epochs.
A diverse range of firms are investing in Metaverse tech, causing a digital gold rush. There is plausibly a substantial first-mover advantage to be won, which Forbes has estimated to be north of a $1 trillion revenue opportunity. But there have also been questions raised about the utility of the Metaverse, with many firms, including Disney and Meta itself, pivoting to AI even as others like Apple release new products doubling down on spatial computing.
In the trademark question-and-answer style of the What Everyone Needs to Know® series, this book provides an understanding of what the Metaverse is, how it is different from virtual and augmented reality, and the emerging Metaverse economy. It looks at media, politics, speech, crime and security, and identity and privacy in the Metaverse. It explores how governance and law operate ― or may operate ― in the Metaverse, the rights of bots, and our Meta future.
The stakes are high, and confusion abounds, particularly in the public, making The Metaverse a perfect addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know® series.
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About the Author
Michael Mattioli is Professor of Law and Louis F. Niezer Faculty Fellow at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, specializing in intellectual property, licensing, and the nexus of law and technology. His scholarship explores the governance of data and knowledge commons, with a recent focus on the legal and policy implications of artificial intelligence. He previously held Microsoft Research Fellowships at Berkeley Law and the University of Michigan. Before going into the field of law, he was a computer engineer.
Jeffrey Prince is Professor and Chair of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. He is also the Harold A. Poling Chair in Strategic Management. His specialized fields of research include industrial organization, applied econometrics, strategy, and regulation. He served as Chief Economist at the Federal Communications Commission during 2019 and 2020. He is currently a co-editor at the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, and is on the board of editors at Information Economics and Policy.
João Marinotti is an Associate Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. He is a scholar of property and private law theory whose research focuses on how cognitive science, linguistics, and societal norms affect the regulation of emerging technologies. This focus has led Professor Marinotti to write about topics including data governance, cryptoassets, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. He is also a scholar of legal interpretation, investigating the role of linguistics and philosophy of language in law. His research has been quoted by or cited in Forbes, Financial Times, Slate, The World Economic Forum, and UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), among others.
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