This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th METAVERSE 2022 conference, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2022, in December 2022 in Honolulu, USA. The 7 full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. The papers cover topics in the field of Advertising Services, Banking Services, Broadcasting & Cable TV Service, Business Services, Communications Services, Government Services, Real Estate Operations Services, Schools and Education Services, Healthcare Services, and much more.

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THE 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH NEW, NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED MATERIAL After the Internet, what came next? Enter the Metaverse - cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons, where anything and just about everything goes. Newly available on the Street - the Metaverse's main drag - is Snow Crash. A cyberdrug that reduces avatars in the digital world to dust, but also infects users in real life, leaving them in a vegetative state. This is bad news for Hiro, a freelance hacker and the Metaverse's best swordfighter, and mouthy skateboard courier Y. T.. Together, investigating the Infocalypse, they trace back the roots of language itself to an ancient Sumerian priesthood and find they must race to stop a shadowy virtual villain hell-bent on world domination. In this special edition of the remarkably prescient modern classic, Neal Stephenson explores linguistics, computer science, politics and philosophy in the form of a break-neck adventure into the fast-approaching yet eerily recognizable future. 'Fast-forward free-style mall mythology for the twenty-first century' William Gibson 'Brilliantly realized' New York Times Book Review 'Like a Pynchon novel with the brakes removed' Washington Post 'A remarkably prescient vision of today's tech landscape' Vanity Fair

Imagine a world where you pull on a headset, and everything you need to do, buy, communicate and enjoy is online, available and easy to access right there and then. This is The Metaverse! In October 2021, the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg announced the platform would change its name to Meta - reflecting a new direction for the company, where almost every human function could be carried out online, mostly through virtual reality experience. Imagine a cross between Minecraft, Fortnite, Amazon and BitCoin. That is The Metaverse. Plug in to meet a partner. To carry out a business meeting. To learn at school and college. To access your news and opinions. To share ideas and hobbies. To sell, make money, buy, and lose money. The Metaverse is likely to mark an enormous change in the lives of every person in the Western World, in how we shop, work, learn, earn and communicate. But it is not without controversy: questions about privacy, data protection, human rights, online bullying. In this easy to understand, readable guide, you will learn everything you need to know about the emerging Metaverse, and how it will affect you and your family. - What is The Metaverse? - How will you access The Metaverse? - Work and The Metaverse - Education and The Metaverse - Shopping and earning on The Metaverse - Governance, democracy, and freedom on The Metaverse - Social media, communications, and sharing on The Metaverse - Leisure, fun and gaming on The Metaverse - Ethics, privacy, and policing The Metaverse - Can I escape The Metaverse? - What comes after The Metaverse? These are amazing times. The Metaverse will offer opportunities and challenges for every one of us. Find out where your place will be in the Future of the Internet.

A leading philosopher takes a mind-bending journey through virtual worlds, illuminating the nature of reality and our place within it. Virtual reality is genuine reality; that’s the central thesis of Reality+. In a highly original work of “technophilosophy,” David J. Chalmers gives a compelling analysis of our technological future. He argues that virtual worlds are not second-class worlds, and that we can live a meaningful life in virtual reality. We may even be in a virtual world already. Along the way, Chalmers conducts a grand tour of big ideas in philosophy and science. He uses virtual reality technology to offer a new perspective on long-established philosophical questions. How do we know that there’s an external world? Is there a god? What is the nature of reality? What’s the relation between mind and body? How can we lead a good life? All of these questions are illuminated or transformed by Chalmers’ mind-bending analysis. Studded with illustrations that bring philosophical issues to life, Reality+ is a major statement that will shape discussion of philosophy, science, and technology for years to come.

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