29 min listen
The Metaverse – turning life into one big online experience
FromFuture Tense
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Sep 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Facebook’s CEO has spoken about changing the social media platform into a “metaverse” company and he’s pledged billions to the cause. The metaverse is a term Silicon Valley uses for the next stage of the internet: a world in which all activities are conducted in an immersive Virtual Reality environment. But would Zoom-weary humans want to live in such a world? And is it really just a cover for surveillance capitalism?
Released:
Sep 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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