The Metaverse

The Metaverse will not develop as the internet did. Public institutions, military research labs, and independent academics led the latter’s development because they were effectively the only ones with the computational talent, resources, and ambitions to build a World Wide Web, and few in industry understood its commercial potential. None of this i... See more

While less glamorous than virtual reality science fiction landscapes, we believe that constructing a definition of the metaverse that is grounded more fundamentally in social structure will allow us to more effectively map its implications and understand the transitional nature of our current moment: The phase of human society where digital express... See more

- In the first six months of 2022, the word metaverse appeared in regulatory filings more than 1,100 times. The previous year saw 260 mentions. The preceding two decades? Fewer than a dozen in total.- The metaverse, a 30-year-old term but nearly century-old idea, is forming around us. Every few decades, a platform shift occurs—such as that from mai... See more