A Night Time Picnic to Metaverse(s)

A Night Time Picnic to

Metaverse(s) Heejung Kwon, Ph.D. Techno-Art, Yonsei University Time/Date: 20:00-21:00 8th April 2021

Metaverse?

Ideas of imaginary future world in 80s-90s science fictions.

The Metaverse is a collective virtual shared space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space, including the sum of all virtual worlds, augmented reality, and the Internet.

The world might be like…

Anarcho-capitalism • Anarcho-capitalism is a fringe political

philosophy that promotes the removal of a centralized state in favor of

individual ownership, private property, and free markets. Anarcho-capitalists

believe that in the absence of statute,

society has the tendency to self-regulate

through the discipline of the free market.

Murray Rothbard

Liberstad — a private, anarcho-capitalist city in Norway — has adopted a cryptocurrency native to its blockchain-powered smart city platform as its official medium of exchange, according to a press release published on Feb. 12. 2019.

Grimes' 10 NFTs brought in over $5.8 million in under 20 minutes.

The singer had announced the auction on Twitter.

Apart from the hype, what really happens in the VR art scene?

Ars Electronica Garden London The London Garden of Heterotopias The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UK)

Hand (Bryn Oh, 2016), Second Life

Hand (Bryn Oh, 2020), The Sansar Project

Q&A Discussions