Fieldnotes from the Metaverse — Introduction

Dirk Songuer

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Fieldnotes from the Metaverse

2 min readMar 7, 2022

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“What is the Metaverse?” is an interesting question.

Some groups attach the term to specific technologies, for example Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Digital Twins or Blockchains.

Others talk about specific requirements, like persistence, interoperability, or massively multi-user or a modality like headsets.

Others see it as a future vision or narrative, sometimes dystopian, sometimes utopian.

And while some groups talk about the coming Metaverse, others argue that it already exists.

So, objectively the term is a contested future vision, claimed by many groups for their own purposes, driven by individual incentives.

To approach a better answer to what the Metaverse is (was, and can be), this publication wants to focus on the journey, look at the fieldnotes, and ask: