Plenty of pitfalls await Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ plan


Zuckerberg promises that the virtual-reality ‘metaverse’ he’s planning to build will ‘let you do almost anything’, but that might not be such a great idea. — AP

When Mark Zuckerberg announced ambitious plans to build the “metaverse” – a virtual reality construct intended to supplant the Internet, merge virtual life with real life and create endless new playgrounds for everyone – he promised that “you’re going to able to do almost anything you can imagine”.

That might not be such a great idea.

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