Meet Me in the Metaverse n io s i V y og l hno2 c 2 e 0 T 2 On an ordinary day in 2030, a construction foreman is operating a road roller at a worksite in California. He and his coworker talk as they direct a His AI assistant reappears to direct him towards construction robot to lay down asphalt on the virtual conference room where his meeting a section of Highway 1. Suddenly, his assistant will be held. Upon his entry, the room transforms appears as a hologram on the edge of the site, to look like the inspection site (an overpass they waving him over to confirm the work summary recently completed) using a real-time feed from of the day and to remind him that it’s time a drone onsite. Architectural drawings from to meet with the city inspector for another the State of California Contractor Cloud are project. He walks over to the construction laid over the live footage, and the foreman site’s mobile office, puts on his VR headset, and inspector begin to assess the work. Upon and finds himself in the lobby of the virtual approval by the inspector, he sends his assistant City Planning Department. to submit the applications for the next round of construction permits. Then he pops off his headset, and heads back out to the worksite. Introduction // WebMe // Programmable World // The Unreal // Computing the Impossible 4