Broschiertes Buch

Gaming the Metaverse

Beschreibung

Neal Stephenson's 1992 novel Snow Crash conceived of the Metaverse as an escapist medium within a dystopian future. By the early 2000s, his vision had evolved into a blueprint for pioneering virtual worlds, notably Second Life. In the 2010s, technology companies-from Meta to Epic Games-recast the Metaverse as the next frontier of digital experience and revenue generation. Now, in the 2020s, the still speculative concept encompasses a convergence of extended reality technologies alongside blockchain systems and artificial intelligence.

This volume brings together leading scholars and industry professionals to examine past "imaginations" and recent "achievements" in the pursuit of the Metaverse. Contributors trace its development through literary, media, and cultural history while exploring current applications and their technical, social, cultural, and economic implications.

Autor

Benjamin Beil ist Professur für Medienwissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt Digitalkulturen am Institut für Medienkultur und Theater der Universität zu Köln

Gundolf S. Freyermuth (Prof. Dr. phil.) is Professor of Media and Game Studies and founding co-director at the Cologne Game Lab of TH Koeln-University of Technology, Arts and Sciences, as well as Professor of Comparative Media Studies at the ifs international film school of Cologne.

Isabelle Hamm ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Universität Osnabrück und lehrt dort Museologie und digitale Kunstvermittlung.

Produktdetails

• Bild und Bit. Studien zur digitalen Medienkultur 21
• Verlag: transcript
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 30mm x 150mm x 225mm
• Gewicht: 613g
• ISBN-13: 9783837674620
• Artikelnr.: 70573575