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The Metaverse

Fully Revised and Updated Edition: Building the Spatial Internet

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  • Hardcover

    480 pages

  • Release Date

    24 September 2024

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Summary

The term “Metaverse” is thirty years old, yet only recently entered mainstream conversation, attracting both fascination and skepticism. While some have promised its imminent arrival, in fact it will take a series of technological and societal leaps to realize 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 Me…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781324095286
ISBN-10:1324095288
Author:Matthew Ball
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Imprint:WW Norton & Co
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:480
Release Date:24 September 2024
Weight:691g
Dimensions:38mm x 160mm x 236mm
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The Metaverse by Matthew Ball - ISBN: 9781324095286
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Ball certainly knows his stuff… For this emerging generation, the metaverse will be a perfectly natural psychological extension of everything they have ever known. For the rest of us, who will soon need to catch up, Ball’s book is the best crash course we have.” – Kit Wilson - The Times “Where big tech waffles about the metaverse while spending billions on making it a reality, Ball has exacting standards for what the metaverse must be and what would be needed to achieve it.” – James Ball - The Spectator “Excellent… Chapters on bringing the various iterations of the developing metaverse together, making them interact, and the hardware required, are lucid and logical.” – Chris Stokel-Walker - New Scientist “Like the information superhighway, this latest buzzword seems to point in the right direction, but may get lost along the way. For anyone who wants to understand the process and what is at stake, Mr Ball’s lucid and timely book offers a portal into a new realm.” – The Economist “You had probably never heard the word metaverse before 2021. Today it’s hard to escape it. For those who want to move past the hype and understand where the promise of this technology really lies, The Metaverse by Matthew Ball is the place to start.” – Alok Jha - The Guardian “Ball certainly knows his stuff… For this emerging generation, the metaverse will be a perfectly natural psychological extension of everything they have ever known. For the rest of us, who will soon need to catch up, Ball’s book is the best crash course we have.” – Kit Wilson - The Times “Where big tech waffles about the metaverse while spending billions on making it a reality, Ball has exacting standards for what the metaverse must be and what would be needed to achieve it.” – James Ball - The Spectator “Excellent… Chapters on bringing the various iterations of the developing metaverse together, making them interact, and the hardware required, are lucid and logical.” – Chris Stokel-Walker - New Scientist “Like the information superhighway, this latest buzzword seems to point in the right direction, but may get lost along the way. For anyone who wants to understand the process and what is at stake, Mr Ball’s lucid and timely book offers a portal into a new realm.” – The Economist “You had probably never heard the word metaverse before 2021. Today it’s hard to escape it. For those who want to move past the hype and understand where the promise of this technology really lies, The Metaverse by Matthew Ball is the place to start.” – Alok Jha - The Guardian

About The Author

Matthew Ball

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 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Time. Ball lives in Toronto, New York City, and Miami.

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