Welcome to the 'metaverse'

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2022-01-06

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  • I'm Sam.

  • And I'm Neil.

  • On Saturday mornings, I love going to watch football in the park.

  • The problem is when it's cold and rainy, I look at the bedroom window and go straight back to bed.

  • Well, instead of going to the park, why not bring the park to you?

  • Imagine watching a live version of the football match at home in the warm with friends.

  • Sound good, Sam?

  • Hmm, sounds great.

  • But how can I be in two places at once?

  • Is there some amazing invention to do that?

  • There might be, Sam, and it could be happening sooner than you think,

  • thanks to developments in VR or virtual reality.

  • According to Facebook, Boss Mark Zuckerberg, in the future,

  • will all spend much of our time living and working in the metaverse,

  • a series of virtual worlds.

  • Virtual reality is a topic we've discussed before in 6 minutes English,

  • but when Facebook announced that it was hiring 10,000 new workers to develop VR for the metaverse, we thought it was time for another look.