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.

 

How AI, VR, AR, 5G, and blockchain may converge to power the metaverse [VentureBeat, December 2021]

Title:

How AI, VR, AR, 5G, and blockchain may converge to power the metaverse

Author:

Gary Grossman, Edelman

 

Published:

VentureBeat, 26 December 2021

https://venturebeat.com/2021/12/26/how-ai-vr-ar-5g-and-blockchain-may-converge-to-power-the-metaverse/

 

From the article:

Emerging technologies including AI, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), 5G, and blockchain (and related digital currencies) have all progressed on their own merits and timeline. Each has found a degree of application, though clearly AI has progressed the furthest. Each technology is maturing while overcoming challenges ranging from blockchain’s energy consumption to VR’s propensity for inducing nausea. They will likely converge in readiness over the next several years, underpinned by the now ubiquitous cloud computing for elasticity and scale. And in that convergence, the sum will be far greater than the parts. The catalyst for this convergence will be the metaverse — a connected network of always-on 3D virtual worlds.