Geneses, evolution and metafuture / Raquel V. Benítez Rojas -- The metaverse in communication : reflections from neuroscience / Almudena Barrientos-Báez, David Caldevilla-Domínguez, and Juan Enrique GonzálvezVallés -- New linguistic spaces in cyberculture : the influence of the metaverse on the minifiction of social networks / Beatriz Morales-Fernández -- Metaverse and new narrative : storyliving in the age of metaverse / Kemal Deniz -- Customized metaverse : the study on factors influencing the use of humanlike avatars of social media content creators in communication with their audience / Grzegorz Ptaszek, Damian, Ga?uszka, Jowita Guja, and Tomasz Mas?yk -- Metaverse and diversity / Erkan Saka -- Queering the metaverse . queer approaches to virtual reality in contemporary art / Vítor Blanco-Fernández -- Film practices in the metaverse : methodological approach for prosocial VR storytelling creation / Francisco-Julián Martínez-Cano, Richard Lachman, and Dhruva Patil -- Video game design : a blueprint for the metaverse and education / Kris Alexander -- Film production and architecture education in the metaverse / Eva Ziemsen and Elizabeth Fenuta -- Gone with the wind : from virtual reality to the metaverse at film festivals / Montserrat Jurado-Martín.