Exit the internet, enter the metaverse – your online future is in 3D

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Venture capitalist Matthew Ball’s new book explores the three-dimensional virtual world that is set to supersede the net. What might this alternative digital reality have in store for users?

points to the fact that this is not a new idea. In my book, I talk about the fact that the term comes from 30 years ago, but the theory and early literature around it spanned nearly a century. Second Life was an early, and one of the most important and successful, examples of it; it had a relatively free-standing economy where users could make transactions between one another paying a tax rather than being intermediated by the platform.

In nearly all cases, a 3D immersive environment is a more intuitive, productive way to communicate information and ideas We know in education, for example, that Zoom school was not particularly compelling and that YouTube videos are not the best way to learn.

 

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