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Neal Stephenson Describes a Metaverse - A Virtual Reality Based Internet

6/1992

In 1992 American writer Neal Stephenson published the science fiction novel, Snow Crash. In it he coined the term Metaverse to describe "how a virtual reality-based Internet might evolve in the future."

Timeline Themes

Computer / Digital / Internet Culture
Augmented or Virtual Reality
Internet & Networking
Fiction, Poetry, Theater; Literature