Next Stop Metaverse : A Quick Guide to Concepts, Uses, and Potential for Research and Practice

Chapter 1 What it is about -- 1.1 The path to a Metaverse so far -- 1.2 Definition Metaverse -- 1.3 Characteristics of the Metaverse -- 1.4 Market potential -- Chapter 2 Where we are -- 2.1 Gartner´s Hype Cycle for emerging tech as a framework for orientation -- 2.2 Brief history of the Internet -- 2.3 Proto Metaverse -- Chapter 3 What we need -- 3.1 Overview: important components of the Metaverse -- 3.2 Contents and use cases in the Metaverse -- 3.3 Infrastructure for the Metaverse -- 3.4 Technologies for the Metaverse -- 3.5 Monetization within the Metaverse -- 3.6 Regulation in the Metaverse -- Chapter 4 Where the journey takes us -- 4.1 Outlook -- 4.2 Metaverse journey for the own company -- References.