• Metaverse Definitions
  • Web3 vs. metaverse: What's the difference? By Andy Patrizio. (2022). "Web3 is a project built on blockchain and cryptocurrency, but there can be multiple metaverses. While the techs are intertwined, they have significant differences."

• Metaverse Issues in Popular Media
  • NBC / Today Show Segments 2022
    • Inside the metaverse: Potential dangers virtual reality poses for kids. (March 24, 2022). Video. TRT: 6:40. https://www.today.com/video/inside-the-metaverse-potential-dangers-virtual-reality-poses-for-kids-136123461545
    • What is the Metaverse? Get a look at the internet’s next big frontier. (August 1, 2022). TRT: 5:42. The Metaverse is being called the next frontier of the internet and the next phase of how we experience it. TODAY’s Craig Melvin gets a firsthand look of the expanding world with Vishal Shah, a vice president at Meta. https://www.today.com/video/what-is-the-metaverse-get-a-look-at-the-internet-s-next-big-frontier-145223237790
    • Get a tour of the metaverse retail experience. (August 2, 2022). TRT: 5:03. Get a tour of the metaverse retail experience. https://www.today.com/video/why-people-in-the-metaverse-spend-real-money-on-digital-goods-145307205864
    • How the Metaverse is changing the way people attend church. (August 3, 2022). TRT: 5:17. Continuing our series “Inside the Metaverse”, NBC’s Savannah Sellers reports for the 3rd Hour of TODAY on how people have turned to virtual reality for digital worshiping. https://www.today.com/video/how-the-metaverse-is-changing-the-way-people-attend-church-145390661832
    • Flirt-ual reality: How people are dating in the Metaverse. (August 2, 2022). TRT: 4:35. Continuing our series Inside the Metaverse, NBC’s Savannah Sellers takes a look at a whole new way of looking for love in virtual reality. https://www.today.com/video/how-people-are-looking-for-love-in-the-metaverse-145313861770
  • NBC News
    • NBC News Goes “Inside the Metaverse” at CMU. (August 3, 2022). TRT: 3:48. YouTube post by Carnegie Mellon University. https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2022/august/nbc-news-goes-inside-the-metaverse-at-cmu.html
    • Inside The Metaverse: Are Your Kids Safe In A Virtual World? (August 4, 2022). TRT: 3:24. YouTube post by NBC News. Virtual worlds are for the most part new and exciting but they are also largely unregulated. Millions of kids across the country and around the globe are becoming immersed in the metaverse, where they can be exposed to hateful, violent or sexual content. NBC News’ Kate Snow took a deep dive into the dangers that children may face when putting on these headsets. YouTube. https://youtu.be/ao--seHCCik