QuHarrison Terry - The Metaverse Handbook

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2 Title Page The Metaverse Handbook Innovating for the Internet's Next Tectonic Shift QuHarrison Terry Scott “DJ SKEE” Keeney

3 Foreword

4 Introduction

5 CHAPTER 1: A Vision for the Metaverse in 2032 Extended Reality Emerges Your Own Personalized Metaverse The Rise of Bots and Digital Humans The Ubiquitous Metaverse

6 CHAPTER 2: What Is the Metaverse? From Snow Crash to Meta Defining the Metaverse The Metaverse Represents the Next Digital Shifts Preparing for the Metaverse

7 CHAPTER 3: Why You Should Care About the Metaverse Now The Well-Timed Interest Geek Interest Geeks of the Metaverse Interest Geeks Over Power Brokers

8 CHAPTER 4: History of the Metaverse La Réalité Virtuelle The Early Internet Early Virtual Worlds Blockchain and Digital Assets The Modern Metaverse

9 CHAPTER 5: The Metaverse Building Blocks The Main Metaverse Tools The Secondary Metaverse Tools Building Your First Metaverse Asset

10 CHAPTER 6: Enter the Metaverse Sandbox Metaverses Gaming Metaverses Miscellaneous Metaverses The Mass Migration to the Metaverse

11 CHAPTER 7: Metaverse Assets What We Will Own in the Metaverse Metaverse Asset Management

12 CHAPTER 8: Challenges of the Metaverse Interoperable Economies Interoperable Graphics and Hardware The Negative Narratives of the Metaverse

13 CHAPTER 9: Your Metaverse Plan Designing Your Metaverse Plan Further Reading at MetaverseQT.com

14 Index

15 Copyright

16 Dedication

17 About the Authors

18 Acknowledgments

19 End User License Agreement

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2 Table of Contents

3 Title Page The Metaverse Handbook Innovating for the Internet's Next Tectonic Shift QuHarrison Terry Scott “DJ SKEE” Keeney

4 Copyright

5 Dedication

6 About the Authors

7 Acknowledgments

8 Foreword

9 Introduction

10 Begin Reading

11 Index

12 End User License Agreement

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QuHarrison Terry

Scott “DJ SKEE” Keeney

Six years ago, in the summer of 2016, my friend Jaeson Ma and I found ourselves at a dinner in Munich, Germany with a couple of the founders of Ethereum. I don't remember exactly what led to our going to this dinner, but I'm glad we did. It was one of the most life-changing meals I've ever had. And I'm not talking about the food, which was good. For me, it was the conversation that was memorable.

I've always considered myself forward-thinking and a bit of an undercover nerd. But when Stephan Tual (then the CCO of Ethereum) started talking about blockchain and cryptography and digital currency, I'll be honest, it mostly went over my head. I could feel his passion for it, though. I could tell that this team was building something great. And it was clear they were giving Jaeson and me a look into the future.

As soon as I got back from Germany, I bought my first bit of cryptocurrency.

The following year when I was filming my documentary The American Meme , I stumbled on another revolutionary technology. I found a company that was doing full-body, 3D scans of celebrities and turning them into digital avatars. Of course, I had myself turned into an avatar.

Honestly, by this time, I was tired of going out and the whole LA scene. So, I built this virtual world where my digital avatar could have a social life, perform DJ sets, and hang out with my friends and fans in VR. I guess you could say that I built my first Metaverse in 2018.

The next piece of the puzzle—non-fungible tokens (NFTs)—came to me in 2019. The team at Cryptograph approached me to create a piece of digital art that we would auction off and donate the money to charity. Like crypto, the idea of NFTs was hard to understand at first. But once I learned the foundation of the tech and how it made digital ownership possible, I was really curious to try it out.

So, I drew a picture of my cat, Kitty, on the iPad. We then listed the NFT on Cryptograph in March 2020. And it ended up selling for 40 ETH (which was around $17,000 at the time). As a result, I won the “Best Charity NFT” of 2020 at the NFT Awards, which was super awesome.

I consider myself genuinely lucky to have found out about these technologies before most people. Not everyone gets this type of access to the innovators or their innovations so early. But I also think about all of the other celebs or brands who were introduced to crypto or NFTs or the Metaverse when I was and didn't do anything about it. They didn't have an open mind and couldn't see how digital life was going to evolve.

When you have influence, you are supposed to show people what's next. Whether that's social influence or cultural influence, that's your job. We're supposed to be vessels for bringing trends into the mainstream. And I love having that responsibility. I love contributing to the future and setting an example for a better way forward.

But I also know the value of this power. It's not to be abused. If you're going to show people a new wave, then you have to commit to riding that wave for some time. Since my first crypto purchase, my first Metaverse, and my first NFT, I've done a lot to keep contributing to this new age of the Internet.