I think we can ignore the first part of the paper that defines two views of the metaverse, one which is "Europe's rudimentary and reactive vision of the metaverse" as contrasted with "Meta's vision", which I guess is not that? Tom Barbereau then offers us a literature review that brings us three concepts of the metaverse: technological, described as 'xReality', "consumer-accessible, Internet-mediated environments" where "individuals to become the viewers of the metaverse as well as the viewed" (his emphasis); infrastructure, described as a 'digital market', where members trade digital goods such as crypto, digital fashion, etc.; and as people and avatars, essentially being "the commoditisation of the self and relationships with others". It's a useful perspective.
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