Neal Stephenson wants to see the open metaverse become reality. He coined the word "metaverse" in his novel Snow Crash that debuted in 1992. Skip to main content. Events Video Special Issues Jobs.

That would be in Snow Crash, the 1992 dystopia/parody he wrote about people who escape the physical world by strapping on goggles and disappearing in the metaverse.Which is now the vision of the ...

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Neal Stephenson coined the word "metaverse" in his seminal 1992 sci-fi novel Snow Crash. 30 years later, Sotheby's is auctioning off rare items associated with the book, and Stephenson is working ...

Interestingly, Snow Crash’s Stephenson has now launched a metaverse startup called Lamina1. Wagner says, “Neal Stephenson launched it with a major player in the Bitcoin industry, Peter Vessenes.

Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash. Now, with the metaverse emerging from the realm of science fiction into reality, the author is back as the confounder ...

In the months that followed, the author decided to get into the game himself. “The 30th anniversary of ‘Snow Crash,’ and recent interest in actually building the Metaverse, has got me ...

When asked about how the metaverse evolved after he coined the term back in his 1992 book Snow Crash, Stephenson said that, while his idea of the metaverse’s potential hasn’t changed, new ...