Wētā Workshop teams up with Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 Web3 platform
Wētā Workshop, known for its world-building for The Lord of the Rings movies, has teamed up with Neal Stephenson‘s Lamina1 Web3 company. They are...
Get ready for Neal Stephenson’s open metaverse as Lamina1 unveils Avalanche Web3 plans
Neal Stephenson has unveiled the plans of his Lamina1 blockchain company for an open metaverse in partnership with the Avalanche chain. Now as breathless...
Why Neal Stephenson is trying to make the open metaverse into a reality
The metaverse has been trending for a couple of years as humanity’s answer to the pandemic and remote work. Neal Stephenson, the author of...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat Summit Next 2022 will highlight how sci-fi becomes real
Who would have thought that 30 years after the publication of Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi novel Snow Crash – the book that coined the term...
Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson joins GamesBeat Summit Next speaker roster
We’re excited that our special guest speaker for GamesBeat Summit Next 2022 on October 25-26 in San Francisco will be Neal Stephenson, author of...
How being a science fiction fan can get you a job at a metaverse company
Like any proper science fiction fan, Jamil Moledina perked up when Neal Stephenson came calling about a job to help build the open metaverse....
The DeanBeat: Why Neal Stephenson is starting a metaverse company 3 decades after Snow Crash
It’s not often that you get to hear things from the horse’s mouth. In this case, I was able to do an interview with...
The DeanBeat: Predictions for gaming in 2021
This past year was one of the most unpredictable in all of human history. The pandemic threw off our ability to predict what will...
‘Snow Crash’ inspired the metaverse, and now it’s becoming an HBO show
A HBO series based on Snow Crash, the 1992 science fiction novel which coined the term “metaverse,” is in production. Snow Crash‘s author is...
The DeanBeat: 12 predictable predictions on gaming in 2019
I’m making my annual predictions for the game industry again, not because I’m good at it, but because it has become one of the...