Metaverse. How it is changing our world

To look into the near future, imagine a global network of virtual worlds, where inhabitants can buy and sell goods and services, engage in science and creativity, meet, communicate, play, and start families. This is not science fiction: the metaverse is the "next internet," a technological and social concept that will soon radically change our lives online and even offline. Matthew Ball, a former top manager at Amazon Studios, venture capitalist, and metaverse evangelist, believes it will soon revolutionize every industry and profession—from video games and social networks to finance and urban planning. In his book, he explores the role of Web 3.0, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and the NFT market in the development of the metaverse, describes the forthcoming transformations in the social and economic fabric of human civilization, and predicts who is destined to make trillions in this new, amazing world.