What's Your Vision of the Metaverse?

The Visions of Leading Metaverse Builders
The biggest metaverse news in the general public has been Facebook's changing of its umbrella name to Meta, clearly looking to be the leader in creating the new virtual space. (The name Facebook continues as Meta's main social media app, along with WhatsApp and Instagram.) CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a very distinct vision in mind for the metaverse. He wants to create a new, immersive social hangout that makes people feel like they're in the same physical space when they're not. Actually, the Meta vision is an attempt to create an even better world than the one we know, since it won't necessarily be hampered by things like gravity or reality. Those attending a gathering can show up in the form of a robot and watch fish fly through the sky. In terms of immersive experiences, the metaverse is also a longstanding imagination of the video game and virtual reality industries. Video games like Roblox and Minecraft introduce kids to world-building, and adult gamers get an immersive experience in Fortnite. In the gaming realm, the metaverse is perhaps the next natural step as its experiences have become increasingly realistic.
Best and Worst Potentials
In those work scenarios, the metaverse can allow for some helpful applications never before possible. The ability to create and use digital twins opens up new possibilities for research and project preparation. Digital replicas of vehicles, for example, can be used for design, assembly planning, and safety tests. Using digital twins in place of unnecessary physical items can potentially reduce global carbon dioxide emissions by 20%, and when they are applied to sustainability projects, they really can help save the world. There are all sorts of ways this technology can revolutionize medical research and practice as well.

Protecting Privacy and Creating Healthy Boundaries
Today, many parents set a "screen time" limit for their kids, acknowledging that too much of it isn't beneficial for their children's health and wellbeing. With the metaverse that will be fuzzier, since there won't always be such a clear screen separating users from the dopamine highs and crashes of what they're interacting with. Instead, we will have to work harder to create our boundaries. Both on individual and parental levels, we'll need to be clear about what we want out of the metaverse and what we don't want. Asking the same questions at the organizational and societal levels is a good idea as well. Like with artificial intelligence and internet practices, we need to have clear privacy measures in place and develop a standardized code of ethics. As this emerging future begins to unfold, let's make sure we're dreaming up and supporting a world we really want to live in. More like this:Stay connected. Join the Infused Innovations email list!
Share this
You May Also Like
These Related Posts
5 Tech Terms for 2022

5 Tech Terms for 2022
January 3, 2022
4
min read
Technology Highlights of 2021

Technology Highlights of 2021
December 27, 2022
4
min read
What is the Metaverse and Why It’s Going to Save the World

What is the Metaverse and Why It’s Going to Save the World
August 25, 2021
3
min read
No Comments Yet
Let us know what you think