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Future Realities Summit: Building Better Digital Ethics and Laws: Meatspace meets Metaverse
The metaverse is not "new," but there is no denying it's increasingly becoming a focal point of the game industry. Owing in large part to rapidly developing technology and connectivity, it is apparent that it will not only be feasible but likely that humanity will live, at least part-time, in a hyper-connected, digital worldif we don't already. But legal and ethical foundations have developed over the millennia in hyper-segmented meatspaces; with very different laws, rights, obligations and systems emerging throughout the world. Right now, every website visited, game played, and service provided subjects users to multiple, discrete, and often contradictory T&C's, privacy policies, acceptable use agreements, jurisdictional laws, and a host of other frameworks. How will the metaverse overcome all this, and what will it take to make sure there is an equitable, fair, safe, consistent, and workable digital reality?
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