Next stop metaverse a quick guide to concepts, uses, and potential for research and practice /

This book initiates the conversation about the metaverse in science and practice. What will the metaverse look like? What is it about? Where do we stand? What do we need? Where is the journey going? To begin with: Is the metaverse an idea or a promise? Ralf T. Kreutzer and Sonja Klose try to make th...

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Main Author: Kreutzer, Ralf,
Other Authors: Klose, Sonja,, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Wiesbaden, Germany : Springer, [2023]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 133 pages) : color illustrations.
Series: Business guides on the go.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 What it is about
  • 1.1 The path to a Metaverse so far
  • 1.2 Definition Metaverse
  • 1.3 Characteristics of the Metaverse
  • 1.4 Market potential
  • Chapter 2 Where we are
  • 2.1 Gartner's Hype Cycle for emerging tech as a framework for orientation
  • 2.2 Brief history of the Internet
  • 2.3 Proto Metaverse
  • Chapter 3 What we need
  • 3.1 Overview: important components of the Metaverse
  • 3.2 Contents and use cases in the Metaverse
  • 3.3 Infrastructure for the Metaverse
  • 3.4 Technologies for the Metaverse
  • 3.5 Monetization within the Metaverse
  • 3.6 Regulation in the Metaverse
  • Chapter 4 Where the journey takes us
  • 4.1 Outlook
  • 4.2 Metaverse journey for the own company
  • References.