{"title":"Alter Ego reveals the future metaverse: Reality is fiction","authors":"P. Johnson","doi":"10.1386/jgvw_00065_3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In fall, Americans were introduced to the first network game show employing virtual reality, aptly titled Alter Ego. Its premise, spinning off several prior reality shows, gave music performers opportunities to compete nationally, but this time contestants assumed the persona of an Alter Ego.","PeriodicalId":43635,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1386/jgvw_00065_3","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"COMMUNICATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In fall, Americans were introduced to the first network game show employing virtual reality, aptly titled Alter Ego. Its premise, spinning off several prior reality shows, gave music performers opportunities to compete nationally, but this time contestants assumed the persona of an Alter Ego.