Disentangling the China Metaverse

Abstract

This insight section originates from a two-day workshop organized at the Università Federico II of Naples involving three scholars with expertise in the construction of the Chinese Metaverse. The following Q&As aim to trace continuities and changes in the perspectives of Chinese scholars from different backgrounds (ranging from cultural studies to philosophy of communication and political economy) regarding the emergence of MR and metaversal technologies in the People's Republic of China, also emphasizing the different trajectories that the metaverse is following, not only at a technological level, but also from a historical, economic, and cultural perspective.