sources/references/notes:
1: https://mashable.com/article/fortnite-is-the-real-metaverse
2: https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2021/12/10/roblox-s-metaverse-is-already-here-and-it-s-wildly-popular
3: https://threebody.capital/blog/2022/7/22/the-30-year-old-metaverse
4: https://cointelegraph.com/news/second-life-creator-returns-to-lay-claim-to-the-metaverse
5: https://digg.com/culture/link/someone-went-back-and-discovered-the-metaverse-already-exists-in-the-office-ruf6bzNPd4
6: https://davidventer.net/blog/secondlife/sorry-meta-the-metaverse-already-exists/
7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PHT-zBxKQQ
8: https://aithority.com/technology/virtual-reality-technology/what-is-the-metaverse-but-more-importantly-what-is-it-not/
9: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/metaverse-already-exists-its-called-online-video-games-patrick-k-lin/
10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH_b22dQ5cE&t=2s
11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tokp_hfOgBw
12: https://youtu.be/l36TSydV1X0
13: Best of What’s New, Popular Science, December 2003
14: New Economy, A nerdy entrepreneur dreamed of a better place. Now he’s made one, using $33 million and some virtual dune buggies. New York Times, January 2003
15: Back to the Future, Time, January 2003
16: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LC-HO0ljN0
17: https://youtu.be/Y9dBR85AFeE
18: https://youtu.be/H1op-L_ygKg
19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUNznrTBrPg
20: USA Today, 2003. My apologies for this one — I screenshotted the article and took down a quick note, but have been unable to find it again.
21: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/qanda-andy-donkin-goes-there/1100-6077346/
22: https://www.technologyreview.com/2004/04/01/101714/my-avatar-my-self/
23: https://youtu.be/_3zW25326iU
24: https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/03/01/363887/index.htm
25: Rookie mistake here — I forgot to jot down the URL for this forum, but if it helps, a quick Google search finds many, many posts like this over a pretty wide range of years.
26: https://webapps.prod.there.com/help/kb3001.xml
27: Look, you can Google Esquire, it’s not hard to find. But Tim’s book? Seriously, buy it: https://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Detail-Novel-Tim-Maughan/dp/0374175411/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1676757578&sr=8-1
28: https://youtu.be/oPKDNNVkaxM
29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD38OueA5zk
30: https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2003/01/20/story3.html
31: https://www.reuters.com/technology/nft-sales-plunge-q3-down-by-60-q2-2022-10-03/
32: https://qz.com/the-nft-market-is-down-by-almost-every-metric-1849655660
33: https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/13/23402418/decentraland-metaverse-empty-38-users-dappradar-wallet-data
34: jesus christ, second life. this is from their youtube channel. i dont even want to find it again, but i promise you it is there.
35: https://youtu.be/YQ_xWvX1n9g
36: https://youtu.be/rphaCWu6Fks
37: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelwilson/
38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiIvoF-HNQY
39: https://www.sramanamitra.com/2010/08/05/learning-from-failures-imvu-founder-will-harvey-part-5/
40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r74hkI-JcHY
41: https://youtu.be/zv19Q1_RZPE
42: I reference this clip in my very first video essay, but it appeared to be unlisted now.
music:
- Glide – Air Pusher
- Armitage Dual Matrix OST – Armitage Theme
- Frank Klepacki – Industrial
- Frank Klepacki – Recon
- KKND 2: Krossfire OST – Series 9 Theme
- Notaker – Almost 3AM