Metaverse, Virtual and Mixed Reality and Virtual Worlds
Prof. Maggi Savin-Baden and I are the series editors for Taylor & Francis' new series of books on the Metaverse - simply titled The Metaverse Series. In September 2024 we published the first 2 books in the series (jointly written by Maggi and I) entitled The Metaverse: A Critical Introduction and The Metaverse for Learning and Education, and Andy Fawkes and I have just submitted The Military Metaverse into production process. most of my efforts in the VW/VR/Metaverse space are directed towards writing and curating this series. More info at http://themetaverseseries.info/, and we already have about another half dozen authors signed up to deliver further books. We aim to cover both “vertical” applications areas such as arts, digital twins, heritage, etc as well as cross-cutting issues such as identity, governance, psychology, ethics etc. See http://themetaverseseries.info/ for a provisional list.
My ongoing thoughts in this area at: https://medium.com/@davidjhburden
My past papers are at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Burden-2/research
We've also set up a microverse where you can explore the books at: https://framevr.io/themetaverseseries-home
I also have a space for some wargaming in VR/MR experimentations at: https://framevr.io/dadenlimited
There's also a Bob Book we did that illustrates Daden's various projects in Second Life - and even my experiences in some worlds before that! - https://www.bobbooks.co.uk/bookshop/dadens-adventures-in-second-life?uid=uipbcd0oja
See https://www.daden.co.uk/virtual-reality-1 for my commercial project examples and white papers.