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Welcome to the Metaverse: What’s in the future for (former) Facebook?

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When

17 November 2021

13:30 - 14:30 CET

Where

Zoom

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The Digital Public Sphere Research Working Group holds an informal online discussion.

In a presentation at Facebook’s annual Connect conference, Zuckerberg announced the company is rebranding as Meta and detailed how his company aims to build a new version of the internet. 

We believe the metaverse will be the successor to the mobile internet, we’ll be able to feel present – like we’re right there with people no matter how far apart we actually are, he said. 

The metaverse is where the physical and digital worlds come together. It is a space where digital representations of people – avatars – interact at work and play, meeting in their office, going to concerts and even trying on clothes. 

At the centre of this universe will be virtual reality, a digital world that you can already enter via Facebook’s Oculus VR headsets. It will also include augmented reality, a sort of step back from VR where elements of the digital world are layered on top of reality – think Facebook’s recent smart glasses tie-up with Ray-Ban. 

To debate about the (legal) implications of this occasion, we encourage you to join us over a cup of tea/coffee, share your thoughts and (maybe) concerns and discuss what the future will hold for Facebook and humanity.

The discussion will be kicked off by Francisco Duarte (EUI) and Anouk Van der Veer (EUI). All interested fellows, PhD researchers, professors and visiting academics are invited to participate.

Contact(s):

Anna Di Biase

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