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This is a semi-regular update on my progress to document the history, perspectives, and narratives of the metaverse.Current book word count: 168,972 Writing The last eight weeks were a gruesome series of discussing wordings, phrasing, intentions and if they were defensible. First and foremost, “this “Field Notes of the Metaverse” is not a book of…

This is a semi-regular update on my progress to document the history, perspectives, and narratives of the metaverse.Current book word count: 186,503 Writing Carla went through the book and suggested multiple changes to the structure. Importantly, she identified some topics and themes I only described in passing, but really deserve their own chapter. One is…

This is a semi-regular update on my progress to document the history, perspectives, and narratives of the metaverse.Current book word count: 175,191 Getting in Shape As mentioned in the previous field log, the book is currently in structural and copy editing by the wonderful Carla Cook. While I am currently enjoying a long break from…

This is a semi-regular update on my progress to document the history, perspectives, and narratives of the metaverse.Current book word count: 182,353 Reviewing James is done. Ok, to be fair he has been done fact checking the book for 2+ months now, but it took a while to incorporate all his feedback. Which means, it’s…

This is a semi-regular update on my progress to document the history, perspectives, and narratives of the metaverse.Current book word count: 182,682 Writing As you might have peeked, the early drafts of my book on the history of the metaverse and virtual worlds had a chapter on Microsoft HoloLens. And why not – it’s easily…

This is a semi-regular update on my progress to document the history, perspectives, and narratives of the metaverse.Current book word count: 178,994 Reviewing In December 2023, I left Microsoft. One of the projects I embarked on was writing this book about the history, perspectives, and narratives of the metaverse and virtual worlds. I had already…

I have reached the final section. After showing all the history and establishing a model how to analyze and interpret metaverse narratives, I am now applying all this to a large sample size of different metaverse narratives to identify clusters based around a common perspective or assumptions. The result is a landscape of narratives, from…

I started this project in earnest in December 2023. At that point I had copied over all relevant blog articles, presentations and notes into a Word document, organized into a very rough outline. Since then I have added, rewritten, edited and restructured the contents many times, keeping a steady progress. Looking at the pure word…

I just cracked the 150k! To be honest, I don’t have a word budget for the book. It will have as much words as it needs. And I absolutely expect the editors to throw a good chunk out to make it more streamlined. In fact, they are already doing it. On the side I have…