metaverse

2024 to bring ‘shifts’ in government tech

Obviously, artificial intelligence will be important. But a new report says there are other big advances on the horizon that governments will need to keep a close eye on.

  • By Chris Teale

Lessons from the metaverse

Even if early supporters are backing away from the immersive platform, states should keep thinking about new ways to provide services.

  • By Susan Miller

An entire Pacific country will upload itself to the metaverse. It’s a desperate plan – with a hidden message

As climate change threatens the livelihood of Tuvalu, the country proposes uploading itself to the metaverse to virtually preserve its land and culture.

  • By Nick Kelly and Marcus Foth, The Conversation

Is the metaverse really the future of work?

And will it all be as rosy as Meta promises?

  • By Ben Egliston, Kate Euphemia Clark and Luke Heemsbergen, The Conversation

How we describe the metaverse makes a difference – today’s words could shape tomorrow’s reality and who benefits from it

Defining the metaverse isn’t an empty intellectual exercise. It’s the conceptual work that will fundamentally shape design, policy, profit, community and the digital future.

  • By Tom Boellstorff, The Conversation