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EPISODE · Nov 26, 2021 · 19 MIN

The Metaverse is coming. Here's what you need to know

from This Matters · host Toronto Star

Guest: Emma Westecott, associate professor of game design at OCAD University and co-director of the Game: Play Lab The Metaverse is coming. Long thought to be one of the next great leaps in shared digital spaces, the idea of the Metaverse recently got a boost from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg when he announced the company is investing $10 billion and rebranding its own platform with the name Meta. But Facebook is not alone. There are already game worlds and platforms like Fortnite and Roblox that are building elements of it. There is a long way to go before we get to something that's been depicted in movies like "The Matrix" and "Ready Player One." But as development really gets underway, now is the time to be asking what do we want the Metaverse to look like and how to make it beneficial for everyone?

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