Our Next Reality

"Our Next Reality breaks new ground by exploring both good and bad possible outcomes of widespread deployment of an AI-powered Metaverse."

— Neal Stephenson, Best-Selling Author/Entrepreneur

"In Our Next Reality, Alvin and Louis have done a fantastic job of giving a balanced and insightful analysis to some of the most pressing questions our society will face in the near future. The material is data driven, digestible, and very actionable."

— Ray Kurzweil, Author | Entrepreneur | Futurist

"Finally, AI has the potential to transform VR and AI, making it essential across all human endeavors. This book brings clarity to why this really matters."  

— Peter H. Diamandis, Best-Selling Author/Entrepreneur 

"Our Next Reality provides a provocative, thoughtful, and optimistic yet realistic view of our future. It paints a picture of convergent paths with symbiotic AI where human agency can be retained."

— Dava Newman, Director, MIT Media Lab | Former NASA Deputy Administrator

"I really liked Our Next Reality. There was lots of stuff about immersive tech I had not heard before. Like the authors, I believe that there is no alternative reality without cheap pervasive AI. Overall, it was a very worthwhile read."

— Kevin Kelly, Best-selling Author | Editor of Wired Magazine | Futurist 

"I'm grateful that Alvin and Louis have provided us a deeply thoughtful exploration of their possible impacts. This could help us avoid some of the negative consequences that have snuck up on us with smartphones and social media, for example. For anyone who wants to use AI and XR to help build the future, read this book to help you skillfully navigate a future of unprecedented danger and promise."

— Jason Hiner, Editor in Chief, ZDNet

"A wide-reaching exploration of the intersections between AI, VR and AR: it's a mind-opener, and a source of reflection on how transformative and still unknown the future of communication, personal technology and even personal privacy might become."

— Scott Stein, Editor at Large, CNET 

"Today, hundreds of millions of people spend most of their waking hours in a world of digital content. Tomorrow, they'll be in an immersive metaverse. Graylin and Rosenberg draw on their deep expertise to explain how this will transform business, culture, education, economics, and the human condition itself. If you want to understand the future ahead of us, you need to read this book."

— Erik Brynjolfsson, Director-Stanford Digital Economy Lab | Co-author 'The Second Machine Age' 

"Will help you understand AI" 

— Publishers Weekly (link)