Device & Virtue

S6E3 - The Metaverse


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Well. Facebook has announced that their new name is Meta. As in “metaverse.” As in a science fiction nerd-term becoming reality. As in—is this our future??

Chris & Adam laugh and raise eyebrows as they watch Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement of what he thinks future life will be like for relationships, work, and play. What does a virtual reality life offer that life today doesn't? Is this bad? Good?

And what does a Christian think about an alternate reality? A virtual reality that is becoming less “virtual” every day?

WATCH THE FACEBOOK/META KEYNOTE VIDEO


LINKS

  • “Founder’s Letter 2021 “ from Mark Zuckerberg
  • LM Sacasas: Notes from the Metaverse (The Convival Society Vol 2, No 16)
  • Matthew Ball: The Metaverse: What It Is, Where to Find It, and Who Will Build It
  • Snow Crash, the scifi book where the metaverse term originally came from


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      Device & VirtueBy Chris Ridgeway & Adam Graber

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