Once Upon Tomorrow
Harnessing the New Opportunities the Metaverse Creates
- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Shurick Agapitov's Once Upon Tomorrow unpacks the sometimes vague concept of the metaverse and shares the opportunities that are and will be available within this new world. Thirty years ago, the advent of the internet changed the world. For the first time in human history, the collected knowledge of all mankind was freely available to every man, woman, and child on the planet with the click of a few buttons. Fifteen years ago, the world changed again with the widespread availability and adoption of smartphones that put the full power of the internet in the palm of our hands whenever we want and wherever we are. As monumental as these advancements were, they were just the warmup for the change that's coming next. In just a few years, we won't think of "going on the internet" to look up information and find entertainment. Instead, we'll already be in the internet, living, working, and playing in an endless virtual world that will turn everything we think we know about the internet on its head. Welcome to the Metaverse. In Once Upon Tomorrow, visionary tech CEO Shurick Agapitov dives deep into this new age of the internet by unpacking exactly what the Metaverse is and what it will become. It's not about pixels and computer chips; it's a total paradigm shift what will revolutionize how people interact, share stories, create and implement ideas, conduct business, and literally live their lives. The Metaverse will be the biggest change any of us have ever seen. Fortunately, Shurick Agapitov is here to take you by the hand and welcome you into this wild, wonderful new universe of opportunity.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Introduction: Welcome to the Metaverse
- Chapter 1: Why Mark Zuckerberg Got the Metaverse All Wrong
- Chapter 2: My Story: From Siberia to Sherman Oaks
- Chapter 3: We’re Talking Trillions of Dollars Here, People
- Chapter 4: The Collapse of the Movie, Music, and Book Industries and the Rise of the Video Game
- Chapter 5: How Video Games Saved the World
- Chapter 6: Why Metasites Will Rock Your World
- Chapter 7: Understanding Blockchain, Bitcoin, and Ethereum
- Chapter 8: “Digital Items”: Think Loyalty Programs on Steroids
- Chapter 9: Revenue Share: Stop Pre-Paying for Clicks and Start Post-Paying for Customers
- Chapter 10: Whoever Owns Your Data Owns Your World
- Chapter 11: How Xsolla Invests in Video Games
- Chapter 12: Story3: Storytelling Via Microtransactions
- Chapter 13: I Love LA—and So Does the Metaverse
- Chapter 14: Final Thoughts: Seizing the Opportunities of the Metaverse
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Notes
- Copyright