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This Is Life in the Metaverse

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 11, 2022October 28, 2022

“Every hour of the day and night with the gamers, parents, insomniacs, preteens and aspiring comedians who are the earliest adopters of the immersive, three-dimensional internet that Mark Zuckerberg has bet the future of his company on.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Quotes

Second Life: A World that, for Some, Allows Full Participation

by Krista Stevens December 6, 2017October 19, 2022

Second Life offers both escapism and a refuge for its hard-core digital denizens.

Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction

Beautiful Nowheres: ‘No Man’s Sky’ and the 500th Anniversary of ‘Utopia’

by benhuberman May 25, 2016October 19, 2022

Five centuries after Thomas More’s classic was first published, we still dabble in perfect-world-building.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

What Was Virtual Reality?

by benhuberman April 27, 2016October 19, 2022

The stakes of inventing and occupying fictional worlds have always been high — which explains why we were so fascinated with virtual reality already in the 1990s, when the technology was still in its pre-infancy.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Nonfiction, Quotes

What Was Virtual Reality?

by benhuberman April 27, 2016October 19, 2022

The stakes of inventing and occupying fictional worlds have always been high — which explains why we were so fascinated with virtual reality already in the 1990s, when the technology was still in its pre-infancy.

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