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Virtual Reality, Real Crimes: The Law Enforcement Puzzle in the Metaverse

2022-08-17T18:41:56.381Z


INVESTIGATION - Assaults, thefts, transactions: this Wild West-like universe is of interest to more and more lawyers and lawyers.


Welcome to the Metaverse, the sixth continent of planet Earth.

On this terra incognita, immaterial and digital, "Houênon", the female avatar of Charles, first had to choose which of the 400 universes to inhabit.

"Ten years ago, there were 1,000"

, emphasizes François-Gabriel Roussel, honorary lecturer at the Sorbonne Nouvelle.

In the same way that when it was created the internet was a universe in full expansion before becoming concentrated, so is web3.0, as qualified by lawyer Anne Cousin, a specialist in digital law for twenty years.

“Houênon” and Charles therefore hesitated a lot before settling.

They had the choice between two virtual realities distinguished by business lawyer Philippe Ginestié.

"The submetaverse, directly from the video game boom, like

Second Life

,"

he explains.

In two dimensions, accessible via his computer, it is notably dominated by the nuggets Decentraland and The Sandbox, both linked to the Ethereum blockchain, with their…

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Source: lefigaro

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