The Metaverse Handbook: Innovating for the Internet's Next Tectonic Shift

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The metaverse is here. Are you ready?

In The Metaverse Handbook: Innovating for the Internet's Next Tectonic Shift, a duo of experienced tech and culture experts delivers a can't-miss guide to participating in the most promising new technology since the advent of the web. Through dozens of metaverse creator case studies and concise, actionable insights, you'll walk away from this book understanding how to explore and implement the latest metaverse tech emerging from blockchain, XR, and web3.

In The Metaverse Handbook, you'll discover:

  • What the metaverse is, why you should care about it, and how to build your metaverse strategy
  • The history of the metaverse and primers on critical technologies driving the metaverse, including non-fungible tokens, XR, the blockchain, and web3
  • How to unearth unique metaverse opportunities in digital communities, commerce, and immersive experiences

As the metaverse has rapidly become the technology platform and marketing buzzword of the future, this new reality for companies, creators, and consumers is not easily understood at the surface level. Those who aim to be at the forefront of this exciting new arena must first understand the foundations and central technologies of the metaverse.

An essential resource for digital professionals, creators, and business leaders in the vanguard of the coming technology revolution, The Metaverse Handbook provides the go-to roadmap for your journey into the metaverse.

Author(s): QuHarrison Terry, Scott Keeney
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2022

Language: English
Pages: 193
City: Hoboken

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents at a Glance
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1 A Vision for the Metaverse in 2032
Extended Reality Emerges
Your Own Personalized Metaverse
The Rise of Bots and Digital Humans
The Ubiquitous Metaverse
Chapter 2 What Is the Metaverse?
From Snow Crash to Meta
Defining the Metaverse
The Metaverse Represents the Next Digital Shifts
Changes to Digital Identity
Changes to Digital Value
Digital Respect and Signaling Identity
Access to Exclusive Internet Experiences
Crowdfunding 2.0
Changes to Internet Immersion
It Starts with Web3 Communities
What’s the Metaverse’s Interface?
Preparing for the Metaverse
Chapter 3 Why You Should Care About the Metaverse Now
The Well-Timed Interest Geek
Interest Geeks of the Metaverse
Interest Geeks Over Power Brokers
Chapter 4 History of the Metaverse
La Réalité Virtuelle
The Early Internet
Early Virtual Worlds
Blockchain and Digital Assets
The Modern Metaverse
Chapter 5 The Metaverse Building Blocks
The Main Metaverse Tools
The Secondary Metaverse Tools
Building Your First Metaverse Asset
Chapter 6 Enter the Metaverse
Sandbox Metaverses
Decentraland
The Sandbox
Cryptovoxels
Somnium Space
Honorable Mentions
Gaming Metaverses
Miscellaneous Metaverses
Digital Presence
Phygital Commerce
Readymade Metaverse Environments
Social VR Worlds
The Mass Migration to the Metaverse
Chapter 7 Metaverse Assets
What We Will Own in the Metaverse
Avatars
Accessories
Objects
Real Estate
Metaverse Asset Management
Chapter 8 Challenges of the Metaverse
Interoperable Economies
Interoperable Graphics and Hardware
The Negative Narratives of the Metaverse
Chapter 9 Your Metaverse Plan
Designing Your Metaverse Plan
For Brands and Corporations with IP
For Entertainers
For Metaverse Interest Geeks
Further Reading at MetaverseQT.com
Index
EULA