Stephenson: Widely used modern technology is pre-metaverse, not true metaverse
Neal Stephenson · Neal Stephenson on the Future of the Metaverse · Nov 22, 2022 · at 5:24
Neal Stephenson, sci-fi author who coined the term 'metaverse' in Snow Crash, defines what qualifies as metaverse technology on The a16z Podcast with Steph Smith.
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“In general, to address the specific things that you mentioned I think anything that's being used a lot today probably is not very metaverse-like, because in general, when people talk about the metaverse, they're talking about the next thing that's coming along. If it exists today, that suggests that maybe it's a pre, largely a pre-metaverse thing, but there are some exceptions that we can talk about in certain kinds of games and other experiences that I think are kind of on-ramps.”
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