Incarnations of the Metaverse in Science Fiction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Preface and Acknowledgements 7
4. Metaverse’s Modern Prehistory 13
5. IMAGINATIONS
6. The Metaverse and Other Digital Delusions 101
7. Incarnations of the Metaverse in Science Fiction 117
8. Dreaming the Metaverse 139
9. Body-Crash: “The Impact Will Be Real” On How the Metaverse Could Affect Our Bodies 167
10. Metaverse (Re)Visions 187
11. The Metaverse: What’s Now, What’s Next 201
12. ACHIEVEMENTS
13. From Pixels to Emotions 223
14. Virtual Wonderlands 247
15. Creating a GTP-3-driven Chatbot for Social Virtual Reality 265
16. Let’s Play the Metaverse …! 309
17. Towards a Responsible Metaverse 335
18. Akihabara 351
19. Contributors 393