What Is the Metaverse? A Beginner’s Guide to Tech’s Latest Obsession [SingularityHub, February 2022]

Title: 

What Is the Metaverse? A Beginner’s Guide to Tech’s Latest Obsession  

 

Author: 

Aaron Frank  

 

Published: 

SingularityHub, 13 February 2022 

https://singularityhub.com/2022/02/13/what-is-the-metaverse-a-beginners-guide-to-techs-latest-obsession/   

 

From the article: 

This article is an introduction for a complete or almost beginner. There’s plenty of mainstream coverage on the topic, but it often conflates concepts: virtual reality is not the metaverse (though it’s related), and crypto/Web3 by itself is not the metaverse (though also related). Confusing, I know. Whether you’re a businessperson or bystander, this is my best effort to lay everything out.

 

IOL, 20 May 2020 - Old education is dead, long live the new (virtual) education

Title:
Old education is dead, long live the new (virtual) education

Author:
Wesley Diphoko

Published:
IOL, 20 May 2020
https://www.iol.co.za/technology/software-and-internet/old-education-is-dead-long-live-the-new-virtual-education-48203436

From the article:
"A quick review of the history of education tells us that the current education (school) system is in many ways a dead idea. This is clear when one looks at historical review of the education and schooling system."