The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

It’s partly a dream for the future of the internet and partly a neat way to encapsulate some current trends in online infrastructure, including the growth of real-time 3D worlds. Neal Stephenson famously coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash , where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people.

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The Verge

MAY 11, 2020

To use a reductive comparison, Supernatural is sort of like Beat Saber meets Peloton. What we’re able to do, though, because we’re built on an interactive game system rather than a linear video broadcast system, is we are able to offer feedback and coaching that is specific to you. I’ve been using VR. That’s impossible. Probably not.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

You’re a Microsoft lifer: you started as an intern in 1988 screwing around in video games. When I’m watching streaming video services, I don’t know that I feel connected to anybody that’s not in the room while I’m doing that. I’d say streaming video is the same way. Do you think that’s a fair comparison? I do, yeah.

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