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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/

Head-mounted VR hardware will never happen, says Neal Stephenson - who coined the term ‘metaverse’

: ‘People don’t like wearing things on their faces and don’t trust those who do’

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MidgePhoto 5d ago

@blabberlicious #Snowcrash is #SciFi and more of a warning than a #blueprint #NealStephenson #Metaverse

cmdr ░ nova ⸸ :~$Mar 19

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

Grumpy Old Techie 🕊️Mar 11

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

andrew Mar 4

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

Justin D Kruger (he/him)Feb 23

William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, or Charles (Charlie) Stross never predicted this!

#PizzaSignal #SciFiPizza #PizzaPunk
#Neuromancer #SnowCrash #HaltingState #Rule34
#WilliamGibson #Gibson #NealStephenson #CharlesStross
#SciFi #Distopia #Distopian #Cyberpunk

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5750716-pentagon-pizza-report-hegseth/

FElon&Felon47🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰🇹🇼Jan 26

Half of #Florida is
#Fallout #FL Present Day dystopia
and the other half is
#Snowcrash dystopia.

Alex Keane Jan 22

Amid prepping and playing a Cyberpunk Red session with a friend, I've been rereading Snow Crash.

At 77% through, I'm noticing a pattern of a ton of the violence having a sexualization aspect to it with many of the YT chapters having a "should we check his hard drives?" aspect to them. To use a meme, there's a lot of "writer's barely disguised fetish" going on, or at least the appearance of it. Like, "human shark" going for a crotch bite, what?

#Reading #Bookstodon #Cyberpunk #SnowCrash

Alex Keane Dec 26

Got a Kobo Clara Color for Christmas today. Doing a reread of Snow Crash on it.

Reading 80s cyberpunk in 2025 is sure a mood. The references to videotape and CRTs as things that would still be in use adds a certain retro feel to them these days.

The corporate takeover stuff like "Judge Bob's Judicial System" as a franchise definitely still feels poignant though.

#Reading #Bookstodon #Cyberpunk #SnowCrash