The Metaverse. Reality or Virtual Hype?

What is the Metaverse? Why are tech firms and big finance houses buying into it with billions of dollars? Will we all have to learn to live and play and bank in virtual worlds? Or is it all hype? And with the current concern about artificial intelligence, is it all just too dangerous? Phil and Roger try to get the answers to all this from Steve Benford - he’s the Dunford Professor of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham and cofounder of the Mixed Reality Laboratory.This episode is supported by Wigmore Associates, who provide portfolio management services on both a discretionary and advisory basis, together with pension, tax planning and inheritance tax advice to Individuals, Trusts, Pension Schemes, Family Offices, and Charities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.