‘The Hmm’ on the Metaverse

If you ask CEOs of Big Tech companies or trend watchers, the metaverse is the next phase of the internet. While often imagined as persistent, shared, 3D virtual spaces linked into a perceived virtual universe, the metaverse is still taking shape. Currently, billions are being invested in its development by companies that benefit from a fully digital future. But is this an internet we want as users? We need to think carefully about the kind of place that we want to bring into being. Will it be open, privacy-secure, and decentralised? Or will it just become another, even more embedded, way for companies to extract our data?

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