After Facebook changed its name to Meta and announced it would invest billions of dollars in the metaverse, future of social media has also been the subject of discussion. covering virtual reality (AR, MR and VR) augmented reality (XR), new research has revealed what will happen by 2040.
More than 500 million users will be on the metaverse
Although augmented reality (XR) has been in the tech world for years as gaming or social media, it’s gaining more prominence by pioneering the metaverse. But activists, academics, and business leaders were divided on their metaverse goals.
Recent research by Elon University and Pew Research showed that by 2040, there will be more than half a billion people on metaverse platforms. This claim, made by 54 percent of researchers, metaverse investment to be rich with draws attention.
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According to 54 percent of those surveyed More than 500 million userswill take its place in the metaverse as a part of their daily life. However, 46 percent of experts completely oppose this idea. So they don’t believe that the metaverse will be a part of daily life in the near future.
However, at the beginning of the issues in which the experts participated in common ethical issues of the metaverse it happened. They said it is very difficult to control users in a purely virtual world. Meta’s VR game at Horizon Worlds we have seen that these ethical problems are experienced a lot.
The respondents also think that corporate and authoritarian interests can get in the way of people. He believes companies can ignore the bad sides of the metaverse to keep users on the platform more. These authoritarian interests surveillance capitalism They said it will increase.
Dividing experts, research suggests that the metaverse will grow further by 2040. To VR/AR headsets highlighted the investments to be made. More industry leaders need to enter the market, especially Meta’s Oculus Quests. We’ve heard a lot lately that Apple might release a VR headset.
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