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About the Authors vi Acknowledgments ix Foreword xvii Introduction xxi Chapter 1 A Vision for the Metaverse in 2032 1 Extended Reality Emerges 3 Your Own Personalized Metaverse 4 The Rise of Bots and Digital Humans 6 The Ubiquitous Metaverse 9 Chapter 2 What Is the Metaverse? 11 From Snow Crash to Meta 13 Defining the Metaverse 19 The Metaverse Represents the Next Digital Shifts 21 Changes to Digital Identity 23 Changes to Digital Value 28 Digital Respect and Signaling Identity 30 Access to Exclusive Internet Experiences 31 Crowdfunding 2.0 33 Changes to Internet Immersion 36 It Starts with Web3 Communities 39 What’s the Metaverse’s Interface? 40 Preparing for the Metaverse 41 Chapter 3 Why You Should Care About the Metaverse Now 45 The Well-Timed Interest Geek 47 Interest Geeks of the Metaverse 50 Interest Geeks Over Power Brokers 53 Chapter 4 History of the Metaverse 57 La Ralit Virtuelle 58 The Early Internet 60 Early Virtual Worlds 62 Blockchain and Digital Assets 65 The Modern Metaverse 68 Chapter 5 The Metaverse Building Blocks 75 The Main Metaverse Tools 78 The Secondary Metaverse Tools 82 Building Your First Metaverse Asset 85 Chapter 6 Enter the Metaverse 87 Sandbox Metaverses 92 Decentraland 93 The Sandbox 103 Cryptovoxels 105 Somnium Space 105 Honorable Mentions 106 Gaming Metaverses 108 Miscellaneous Metaverses 114 Digital Presence 114 Phygital Commerce 115 Readymade Metaverse Environments 116 Social VR Worlds 117 The Mass Migration to the Metaverse 118 Chapter 7 Metaverse Assets 121 What We Will Own in the Metaverse 125 Avatars 126 Accessories 129 Objects 132 Real Estate 134 Metaverse Asset Management 136 Chapter 8 Challenges of the Metaverse 139 Interoperable Economies 140 Interoperable Graphics and Hardware 145 The Negative Narratives of the Metaverse 147 Chapter 9 Your Metaverse Plan 151 Designing Your Metaverse Plan 152 For Brands and Corporations with IP 153 For Entertainers 156 For Metaverse Interest Geeks 157 Further Reading at MetaverseQT.com 158 Index 161
