Metaverse inventor Neal Stephenson says VR goggles are dead - theregister.com

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According to theregister.com, head-mounted VR hardware will never happen, says Neal Stephenson - who coined the term ‘metaverse’ ‘People don’t like wearing things on their faces and don’t trust those who do’ Science fiction author Neal Stephenson, who coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, has argued he and others who believed immersive environments would require head-mounted hardware got it wrong.