Book Club 03/2026: Snow Crash

https://video.gamerstavern.online/w/hcTmfx9jh8yA9EQ8v7c1R2

Head-mounted #VR hardware will never happen, says #NealStephenson - who coined the term ‘metaverse’
#ScienceFiction author Neal Stephenson, who coined the term “#metaverse” in his 1992 novel #SnowCrash, has argued he and others who believed immersive environments would require head-mounted hardware got it wrong.
‘People don’t like wearing things on their faces and don’t trust those who do’
20 years into the future, devices like #smartphones will still dominate.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/neal_stephenson_death_of_metaverse/

Today on NovaLandia: "No, Zuckerberg Didn't Create the 'Metaverse'"

Over the last week, or so, or, since Fall 2025, Meta has been in the process of sunsetting their entry into the metaverse on the VR side of things, and cementing it as a mobile-only sort of experience...

https://mkultra.monster/tech/2026/03/18/zuckerberg-and-the-metaverse/

#metaverse #zuckerberg #virtualreality #meta #snowcrash

I'm tyding my stuff and questions arise e.g.
Why do I have two copies of "Snow Crash"
Why are they next to each other on the shelf? I think I would have noticed when I put them there. It doesn't fit my normal chaotic ways.
I'm definitely getting old.
Anyway the local library or one of the many charity shops nearby will have a copy of "Snow Crash" soon.
#tidying #books #NealStephenson #SnowCrash #cyberpunk #ScienceFiction

It's weird that the Librarian wound up being the namshub. #snowcrash #badideas