Metaverse Primer
10 Sci-Fi Stories That Inspire Pioneers of the Metaverse
These stories opened the minds of digital creators and foreshadow what to expect from the future of cyberspace.
Great science fiction challenges and inspires generations of creators to experiment with what is possible. The best science fiction stories often have a plot on the surface and an underlying allegory intended to create a philosophical conversation. The type of thought-provoking societal level discourse that drives change.
Technology in many ways is molded and developed by people that were inspired by stories they read. Here are 10 science fiction stories that inspired creators in the digital frontier space known as the Metaverse. They possess foundational concepts that set a backdrop for what to expect from the digital future.
TRON — 1982 (Film)
A video game programmer comes into conflict with an artificial intelligence originally intended as an anti-hacker software. The software becomes self-aware and intelligent by aggressively poaching new software to add to its capabilities. The conflict comes to a head when the AI develops technology capable of digitizing and downloading the human developer into cyberspace where the AI…
