Next Generation Internet by Peter Hoffmann - 9783658464233

Next Generation InternetThe Merging of Reality and Virtuality in the Metaverse\nAuthor(s): Peter Hoffmann\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Germany\nImprint: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden\nISBN-13: 9783658464233, 978-3658464233\nSynopsis\nThe development of the internet, particularly the World Wide Web, is currently hitting its limitsboth technically and socio-culturally, as well as economically. A new internet is promised as a solution, one that aims to overcome the boundaries between the real and the virtual world, merging reality and digitalitythe metaverse. Technical, semantic, and organizational details are closely intertwined in this context.\n\nBut what does this mean upon closer examination? What technical and technological challenges must be overcome to achieve such a merging? What economic opportunities ariseand which ones may be precluded? How can we ensure that an open and universally accessible metaverse is created? And how can we prevent a fe.