Among the first people Abovitz hired at Magic Leap was Neal Stephenson, author of the other seminal VR anticipation, Snow Crash. He wanted Stephenson to be Magic Leap’s chief futurist because “he has an engineer’s mind fused with that of a great writer.” Abovitz wanted him to lead a small team developing new forms of narrative. Again, the mythmaker would be making the myths real.
An amazing, deep, complete and abundant analysis of the Magic Leap phenomenon, the subtleties between Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual realities, and a tribute to Neal Stephenson and its Snow Crash. Welcome to the MetaVerse (and you ain't seen nothin' yet)