The World Wide Web’s creator wants metaverse VR


Tim Berners-Lee expects virtual reality, and technologies based around a so-called metaverse, to be part of how people interact with his invention in the future. — AFP

The creator of the World Wide Web said he expects virtual reality, and technologies based around a so-called metaverse, to be part of how people interact with his invention in the future.

But in a new interview with Bloomberg Quicktake, British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee also restated his opposition to the world’s biggest technology companies being in control of so much of their users’ personal data.

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