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- Metaverse is a relatively new name for an old idea, explains Matthew Ball, a technology analyst (and occasional contributor to The Economist), in his survey of the topic. The word was coined in 1992 by Neal Stephenson in his novel “Snow Crash”.
www.economist.com › culture › 2022/07/27In “The Metaverse”, Matthew Ball explains where the idea came ...
Jan 13, 2020 · A “new UGC platform” – The Metaverse is not just another YouTube or Facebook-like platform in which countless individuals can “create”, “share”, and “monetize” content, and where the most popular content represents only the tiniest share of overall consumption.
Jul 9, 2024 · Why should anyone care about the metaverse? Expert Matthew Ball explains what it is, what it isn’t, and why it matters.
Jul 18, 2022 · By Matthew Ball. July 18, 2022 7:00 AM EDT. Ball is managing partner of Epyllion, an early stage venture fund, a venture partner at Makers Fund, and the author of The Metaverse: And How It...
Jul 19, 2022 · Matthew Ball’s comprehensive treatise lays out the potential and―just as importantly―the challenges in realizing the Metaverse and how it fits into the technological evolution from personal computing to the internet to mobile computing.
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Jun 29, 2021 · My goal therefore is to explain what makes the Metaverse so significant – i.e. deserving of the comparisons I offered above – and offer ways to understand how it might work and develop. The Metaverse is best understood as ‘a quasi-successor state to the mobile internet’.
“Written by luminary Metaverse theorist, essayist, and VC, Matthew Ball, this book explores the ‘next internet.’ Ball demonstrates that many proto-Metaverses are already here. Yet, these offer only a glimpse of what is to come . . .
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