Microsoft and Facebook’s parent company, Meta, have their own visions for a virtual world called the metaverse — but an alternate, open-source vision from Seattle science-fiction author Neal Stephenson is… Read More
This whole metaverse thing hasn’t turned out exactly the way Seattle novelist Neal Stephenson thought it would when he came up with the idea 30 years ago. Back then, Stephenson… Read More
Seattle author Neal Stephenson’s works of fiction often play off the potential for future facts — for example, the virtual world described in “Snow Crash,” the nanotechnology at the heart… Read More
Today, Seattle’s South Lake Union district is a beehive of tech activity, dotted with campuses for Amazon, Facebook and Google. The neighborhood retains that role in “Fall; or, Dodge in… Read More
Are we living in a simulation? Is there an afterlife? And if not, what would it take to create one? Seattle science-fiction author Neal Stephenson knits together ideas as old… Read More
Two years ago, the secretive augmented reality company Magic Leap established a Seattle office nearly 3,300 miles away from its headquarters in Plantation, Fla. And since then, the company has… Read More
What could be better than hearing a science fiction writer talk about how to create whole new worlds? How about doubling that to two science fiction writers? That was the… Read More
Closely-watched augmented reality company Magic Leap of Plantation, Fla., has opened a new office in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood, south of downtown, as a larger dispute between the company and two of its former… Read More
Seattle science-fiction author Neal Stephenson’s tale about the moon’s destruction and what happens next, “Seveneves,” has won a place on President Barack Obama’s summer reading list. Obama, who’s beginning his… Read More
In this age of e-readers, there are still occasions when it’s nice to have a book printed on actual paper – like holiday giving, for instance. But which book works best as a gift for… Read More
SPOKANE, Wash. — Is there a better way to power a spaceship? The basic tools of the rocket trade have been refined over the course of nearly nine decades, but there’s only… Read More
How’s this for a great job? Augmented-reality startup Magic Leap has brought on sci-fi writer and game designer Neal Stephenson to be its “Chief Futurist.” “Stephenson will work with the startup… Read More
In a “final update” posted yesterday to the sword-fighting game Clang’s Kickstarter page, Neal Stephenson officially announced “the termination of CLANG.” A year ago Stephenson said that Subutai Corporation’s development… Read More
Seattle-based author-turned-video-game-designer Neal Stephenson had high ambitions for his sword-fighting game called Clang, which successfully reached its $500,000 funding goal on Kickstarter in July. Now, though, those plans have been… Read More
If you ever wanted to get paid for writing fan fiction based on The Mongoliad, now’s your chance. It’s all a part of an expansion of Amazon’s Kindle Worlds service, which… Read More
Clang, the sword-fighting video game project led by sci-fi author Neal Stephenson, surpassed its $500,000 goal on Kickstarter over the weekend and has now raised more than $526,000 as the crowdsourced… Read More