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The metaverse offers novel opportunities for retailers and their customers, but retailers need to be adequately prepared to overcome the challenges of new technology.
The virtual office promised by the metaverse could bring enhanced surveillance and the drawbacks of online culture to the workplace.
Anduril says it is “transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology” – and it’s setting up shop in Australia.
The development of an immersive mobile phone application for university anatomy students offers insights into the future of online learning.
The use of virtual reality and augmented reality in environmental education is controversial, but there are clear benefits.
Who makes money from the metaverse, and how, comes down to what it becomes. And shaping the metaverse is, to a large degree, a matter of definitions.
The metaverse is being hyped as a game-changing virtual platform that will transform our digital lives. But it has some inherent challenges to overcome in order to achieve mass adoption.
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.
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.
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Professor in Human-Computer Interaction, ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Architecture, The University of Western Australia
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Professor & Director, Hub for Apple Platform Innovation (HAPI), School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University
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Professor of Virtual Heritage and Interactive History, Adelaide University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business, University of New Brunswick
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Professor, Computer Science, University of Sydney
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