Positive and negative sides of Metaverse

In my opinion, the Metaverse is a new technology device that offers several opportunities in various fields.

Firstly it can be used for training people, virtual meetings, gaming, selling products, or visualizing projects. In addition, the Metaverse is realistic and everyone has the possibility to communicate with each other, so it increases socialization. Teams of work, schools, and people can use it in every part of the world.

By accessing this technological reality, people can participate in courses even if they are on the other side of a country or really far from the event. After this, the Metaverse offers the possibility to take part in cultural events like exhibitions and concerts.

Although the Metaverse has many advantages it also has a negative side:

The virtual and artificial reality built around the Metaverse can seem real to people and to people that have an addiction. Obviously, it can be prevented but it is necessary for awareness and information before the approach to this new instrument. For exemple,the details and contents built in the Metaverse that is more possibly similar to real life may affect society by promoting unrealistic expectations and values.

To sum up, the metaverse is a big tool but people must handle it well, given that they can lose connection with the physical world due to a lack of moderation, it can lead to addiction to technological tools and mental health issues, being a second life and augmented reality where you can choose who you can be, loosing your real body perception.

Sibilla Antonelli