From microverse to metaverse : modelling the future through today's virtual worlds

• Main Authors: Evans, Leighton (Author), Frith, Jordan (Author), Saker, Michael (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
• Series: Emerald points.
• Subjects: Virtual reality.; Virtual reality > Social aspects.; Virtual reality > Political aspects.; Forecasting > Computer simulation.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781804550236
• DOI: 10.1108/9781804550212
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (152 pages).

While the metaverse is often marketed as a future utopia, the vision of the metaverse represents an attempt for private corporations to control the code of the real. In the hands of companies that established and maintain the surveillance capitalism model, the ability to build a persistent, all-comp...