That impossibly beautiful model on Instagram might be just that. CGI influencers are already on social media, and Meta’s commercial interest means it shouldn’t be in charge of the ethical guidelines.
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Activision’s big titles have led the way in getting us used to virtual worlds. Making them VR will be a gamechanger.
Many people are talking about this coming virtual world, but many others would rather stay where they are.
For the metaverse to work, people need to own their virtual bodies and possessions and be able to spend money. The same cryptographic technology behind bitcoin will make that possible.
People may think of the metaverse as virtual, but the harm terrorists and extremists could do is very real.
We’ve seen panic buying, the rise of the “homebody economy” and a strong shift towards contactless shopping. So what now?
‘Nottopia’ began as a fantastical virtual island, and has since become a floating castle in the sky.
Facebook’s parent company is now called Meta, as part if its move to embrace the metaverse - the blurring of the online and real worlds via virtual and augmented reality technologies.
Smart glasses like Facebook’s Ray-Ban Stories could be used to record you surreptitiously. If the company adds facial recognition, you could be even more exposed.
Facebook is adamant its new “smart glasses” won’t be a privacy nightmare. But it is clearly bidding to normalise the use of wearable tech. And if video Ray-Bans go mainstream, what comes next?
Is a ‘metaverse’ blending real and virtual worlds the future of the internet?
The term metaverse was coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 science-fiction novel Snow Crash.
If you ever felt nauseous, fatigued or disoriented after using your phone or computer, you may be experiencing a condition similar to motion sickness.
Researchers are using mixed reality technologies to investigate how people behave in in emergency situations. The findings are helping shape disaster responses.
Augmented reality has largely enjoyed cover from critique by being taken as a benign gaming technology. But recent developments suggest we need to get serious about it.
Emerging ‘mixed reality’ technology promises to bring history back to life.
Recreating the Mayflower and its crew and passengers from a few vague accounts took a lot of technical know-how.
The Oculus Quest 2 headset is the latest step in the construction of a ‘mirrorworld’ built on high-tech surveillance and targeted advertising.
What if the being responsible for creating our world wasn’t God, but some far lesser, far more fallible being like a scientist or video game designer?
From VR music festivals to immersive meeting spaces, headsets are go.
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, SOAR Fellow., University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Architecture, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor – Information & Communication Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor in Interaction Design, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, Digital, Political, Media, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing, University of the West of Scotland
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Researcher in Virtual Reality, Auckland University of Technology
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Enterprise Fellow, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor of Computer Games and Associate Dean Engagement, Bond University
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