Looking forward to joining the @kidscreen panel on Monday, "Making Sense of the #Metaverse". A fantastic line up of panelists: @FrimaSteve Emily Safian-Demers @MWarneford @ramathing
#Kidscreen22
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Just posted on MetaStellar: How science fiction precedes science fact While we still don’t have the flying cars, time machines, and holographic movies that sci-fi has long offered us, though other predictions have come to life, such as the Star Trek comm… https://t.co/tiNqZBcLLm
Important piece by @louise_eccles in @thesundaytimes about the downright creepy side of the #metaverse in its current form. VR has much potential, but such a shame that dudes need to be dicks online. C’mon folks, let’s do better.
‘What’s your favourite category of pornography?, I was asked by a man within minutes of entering a popular app in the metaverse. Nearby a man was simulating sex with another avatar while explicit language and racist and homophobic slurs filled my headset. https://t.co/ZdspE1nxRg
The virtual digital world took a mental leap forward with Facebook’s rebranding as ‘Meta’, but will the metaverse it is named after bring opportunity or chaos to the classroom? Julian Hall explores: https://t.co/7vWO78m6o8
#edtech#metaverse#Meta
Interesting to see the battle for tech talent play out. Someone’s gotta actually build the #metaverse… per @WSJ: Microsoft Hit by Defections as Tech Giants Battle for Talent to Build the Metaverse https://t.co/X4eeFs22xO
per @FT, if we shift our daily interfacing to the #metaverse, it's going to need a lot of tech & hardware, as evidenced by what's on offer at #CES2022. Who will be the big winners if this indeed a "gold rush"?
https://t.co/L3bFfvAphR by @Urbandirt, @crsdavies, Song Jung-a
People are spending real money to buy buildings in the metaverse, from the digital replicas of the Taj Mahal and the Eiffel Tower to gravity-defying skyscrapers https://t.co/QIe8S2dCiR
My conversation with @bgurley and @philiprosedale on the Metaverse.
This is the most helpful conversation I’ve ever had on the topic because Philip built the largest virtual world to date in Second Life.
Experience > hype.
So many lessons.
Enjoy!
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Interesting piece from @njkobie @ @wireduk, in why 2022 may not be the year of the #metaverse… What Will Work Look Like in 2022? (Hint: Not the Metaverse) | WIRED UK https://t.co/h9UcIX8uv4
"A virtual city hall will allow you to do everything from touring a historic site to filing a civil complaint."
Strap on your VR headsets. Seoul is the first city government to join the metaverse, @Lee_Jeong_Ho reports https://t.co/G8Nqt9HOPI