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How do you understand the metaverse?

It\u2019s on its way and it\u2019s going to change the world. One day, you will have the power to load all of your senses into the online space. You\u2019ll see, hear, and touch a digital landscape. And at the pace that this technology is developing right now, we may even be smelling and tasting things online as well.

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The pace of innovation we are experiencing today was first made possible with Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG), especially World of Warcraft (WoW). The opportunity to charge into battle as a worgen hunter or draeneian priest captured everyone\u2019s imagination. This was your chance to train a highly customized character in an open world with its own economic system, political controversies, and social structure.

A few years later, the next big step is taken: virtual reality headsets. You\u2019ve effectively gone from a third-party perspective of another world to a first-person point of view.\xa0

Before the metaverse can happen, Alexander and Jason discuss the benefits of developing augmented reality even further. It\u2019s the next natural step in the evolution of technology; the chance to \u201coverlay our eyeballs.\u201d\xa0 We can swap out the physical world for a full immersion into a digital landscape.\xa0

While this would be a massive step forward for humanity, a lack of people-centered foresight could mean that augmented reality (and subsequently, the metaverse) may become a place that brings out the worst in people.\xa0

Imagine how emboldened trolls are on social media platforms, and then take it up a notch. Those trolls will have the same access to avatars and the metaverse that you do. They\u2019ll hide behind the same tools that you use to connect with other people\u2014and the scary part is that they might not have to face any penalties for their behavior.

The TARTLE metaverse exists so that people have the opportunity to understand their self-worth. It\u2019s a platform that treats people as empowered individuals instead of animals on a data farm.

Eventually, we will be exploring a world without physical boundaries. Amidst all these changes, we need to ensure that the technologies we develop continue to put humans first. Sign up for TARTLE through this link here.