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The Chinese platform has become a major thorn in Mark Zuckerberg’s side.
We need to think about legislation and regulation when it comes to transactions, data protection and user interaction in the metaverse.
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.
From games streaming platforms to the metaverse, the Japanese tech giant looks to be behind the curve.
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.
2021 was another unpredictable year and there’s no sign of life returning to normal just yet – but here are the digital trends you can expect in 2022.
Today’s social media is plagued by racism and sexism. Without intentionally building the metaverse to be inclusive, it will be, too.
The social media giant’s co-founder has been distinguishing himself from people like Mark Zuckerberg who seem set to stay in traditional companies.
To be meta about Meta would involve reflecting upon the fact that Facebook is a company that designs technology around people.
‘Nottopia’ began as a fantastical virtual island, and has since become a floating castle in the sky.
Facebook’s rebranding as Meta is an attempt to reposition the company as poised to move into virtual reality networks.
Big tech is increasingly capitalising on opportunities to consolidate their power, raising constitutional questions about legitimacy, rights and democracy in the digital age.
The commitment applies to the social network, but not necessarily to the metaverse.
The metaverse may change how profit is made in higher education.
Corporate rebranding is fundamental to the spread of metacapitalism which uses increasingly sophisticated technology to shape, exploit and profit from human interaction.
This (virtual) reality is still probably many years away.
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing, University of the West of Scotland
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Associate Professor of Media and Information, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor, Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology, University of Toronto
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Omar H. Fares is a Friend of The Conversation.
Lecturer of Marketing in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of IT Ethics and Digital Rights, Bournemouth University
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Lecturer in Fraud and Financial Crime Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Research Professor of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona State University
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Professor of Computer Science, Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, Cornell Tech, and Co-Director, Initiative for CryptoCurrencies and Contracts (IC3), Cornell University
