ASSESSMENTS

The Future of the Metaverse, Part 2

Mar 28, 2023 | 11:00 GMT

Visitors walk past a metaverse stand during Fintech Week 2022 in Hong Kong on Nov. 1, 2022.

Visitors walk past a metaverse stand during Fintech Week 2022 in Hong Kong on Nov. 1, 2022.

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As discussed in the first part of this series, the United States and most other Western countries will remain champions of the open internet, which will enable decentralized metaverse technologies to flourish. But that will not be the case in China or other countries with authoritarian governments, where the decentralization of ideas and social platforms is viewed as a direct risk to political, social and regime stability. These countries will either develop their own metaverse technologies or increase the legal consequences for their citizens using the more decentralized platforms within the virtual world. ...

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