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According to experts in 2030 more than half of the population will be part of the metaverse
Specialists say that by 2030, a large part of the population will be in the metaverse. A technological innovation with infinite possibilities.
The word metaverse has been on the lips of a large part of the population during the last three months of last year and aims to be the point of attention in 2022.
This is due to the pronouncement of Mark Zuckerberg, creator of the social network Facebook, when he reported the 180-degree turn of his company.
With a hiring of 10,000 people and an investment of 10 million dollars, Facebook seeks to be the one to lead humanity in this great leap to virtual reality, something that seemed unlikely a few years ago.
The metaverse promises
The Experts assure that, in the metaverse, users will be able to perceive sights, sounds and even smells that they have never experienced. All this at our fingertips and from the comfort zone of our home.
By having Virtual Reality (VR) cases, clothing and haptic gloves that respond to touch and movements, you can go places you never thought you would go.
Melanie Subin, director of the Future Today Institute, assures that by mid-2030, at least 60% of the population will be part of the metaverse.
Some will only enter sporadically for work and some will enter recreationally. Despite this, the experiences that will be lived within the metaverse will make all users hooked on the new lifestyle.
Subin says that VR gadgets will be as indispensable in a few years as phones are today. Not only Facebook will be part of the metaverse, countless companies like Amazon or Microsoft are already creating their own universes.
Melanie includes that the interconnected space is not one. As there is no single meeting point, there will not be (for the time being) an interconnection.
Every day thousands of people spend a lot of time in virtual world games, but they cannot change the universe without logging out. For this, Melanie Subin assures that they would like it to be a unified system.
Infinite possibilities
The advances of recent months in virtual reality have left incredibly optimistic results. Like the cases of Nike or Gucci that are analyzing the possibilities of entering the world of virtual reality.
Like the people who have taken advantage of the opportunities of this world for more than playing, doing business.
In June 2021, it was the case of neurosurgeons at Johns Hopkins University, who used virtual reality technology to perform a spinal cord operation.
As they worked, they wore a headset created by the Augmedics organization that has a direct eye display that transmits images of the patient's internal organs, such as bones and different tissues.
Cases of violence in Virtual Reality
Last November, a worker at Mark Zuckerberg's Meta company revealed that she had been physically abused by another employee on the Horizon World VR platform. She also pointed out that not only was she abused, but there were other people there, and they supported the behavior of the abuser.
The director of Interpersonal Intelligence Advisory, Vipp Jaswall, affirms that harassment within the platforms is a real problem and may be growing. He emphasizes that since there are no police forces, nor public order, they are going to develop control systems.
In Russia, a man was killed inside a platform of virtual reality through a glass table, according to what the founder of the Limina Immersive company, Catherine Allen, told the local media.
Catherine stated that it can be disorienting to get in and out of the VR world, something she has experienced herself. She explained that it took a few hours to be "herself" again, she felt that her hands belonged to someone else.
The vast majority of users in the metaverse are optimistic about what is to come and anticipate a rapid improvement in their technology. They also perceive that the most promising platforms will take a long time to arrive.
Melanie Subin assures that, although the metaverse is a reality, the best projects will be available to the public within 10 years. It also guarantees that there are projects currently under development that may see the light of day in 50 years.
