The Metaverse Series is a forthcoming series of books from Taylor & Francis which will explore the role, opportunities and challenges of the Metaverse in the present and near future, from business and entertainment to our personal lives and to humanity’s future. The Metaverse Series will take a critical view of the potential and opportunities, dangers and challenges of the Metaverse. The series intends to focus more on the consensual social virtual space that the Metaverse creates rather than any specific technology used to build it. Whilst many of its features are already finding their way into everyday activities, these early manifestations give little sense of the long term impact that the Metaverse could have on the future of humanity. Yet, even the form and scope of the ‘metaverse’ are subject to debate, and this series will aim to ensure that such discussion is well informed.

This launch of the book and series will be an in-conversation event with Professor Nigel Crook, Oxford Brookes University; Professor Sarah Hayes, University of Bath Spa; Dave White, University of the Arts; and the authors David Burden and Maggi Savin-Baden.