Father of the Metaverse Neal Stephenson Launches Metaverse Blockchain

Neal Stephenson, the man who coined the term “Metaverse” 30 years ago, is establishing a blockchain project called LAMINA1 that will focus on the Metaverse. He’s also changed his mind about the Metaverse, noting that the experience will most likely be focused on flat 2D screens rather than virtual reality or augmented reality technology like headgear and glasses, as suggested by Meta and Microsoft. Neal Stephenson and OG crypto investor and former Bitcoin Foundation chairman Peter Vessenes have co-founded a new layer-1 Metaverse blockchain dubbed LAMINA1 that they hope will serve as the foundation layer for the Open Metaverse in an announcement from Vessenes. Stephenson – Speculative Fiction Author Stephenson is a well-known speculative fiction author, who in his 1992 sci-fi novel Snow Crash, explores the concept of a virtual reality realm dubbed the Metaverse. In addition to writing, the 62-year-old worked as the chief futurist for Magic, an augmented reality (AR) company, from 2014 to 2020. There are few specifics about the project, but Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin is listed among the initiative’s early backers. Vessenes stated the following about the co-founders’ duties at LAMINA1: “Neal brings his vision, wisdom, experience, and some core goals: helping get artists and other value creators paid properly for their work, helping the environment […] and seeing a truly Open Metaverse get built instead of seeing the Metaver...