Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. William Morrow Critics sometimes gripe that Neal Stephenson's sprawling, discursive, episodic, prop-up-your-laptop-sized novels ...

Surely Medieval knights would be appalled by the swordplay displayed in modern video games. Warriors hack blindly. Swords miraculously catch fire. Characters swing in wild circles like the Tasmanian ...

Like much of the world, Neal Stephenson doesn’t give a damn about Meta’s Metaverse. “My book will outlast Zuckerberg’s metaverse,” he tells me over video conference to talk about Lamina1, the company ...

Science-fiction author Neal Stephenson speaks at a Town Hall event in 2018. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Microsoft and Facebook’s parent company, Meta, have their own visions for a virtual world ...

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The ...

Neal Stephenson, author of Snow Crash -- a science fiction novel from 1992 that has become widely known for coining the term, and even predicting, the "metaverse" -- announced last week that he is ...

GamesBeat Next unites gaming industry leaders for exceptional content, networking, and deal-making opportunities. Join us on Oct 23-24 in San Francisco. Register Now We’re excited that our special ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s been one week since prolific author Neal Stephenson and “The Lord of the Rings” practical effects creative studio Wētā ...

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Reading time 1 minute It’s ...

Neal Stephenson talks about Snow Crash's delayed Hollywood adaptation, and why he finally decided to develop a real-world metaverse of his own with Lamina1. History suggests Apple won’t call its ...

Neal Stephenson‘s Lamina1 blockchain technology startup dropped a white paper today on building the open metaverse. It’s quite the manifesto. In the document, the company said its mission is to ...