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Can metaverses make us lose our footing with the real world?

2023-01-17T05:15:59.615Z


PSYCHOLOGY - They promise us access to worlds where everything is possible. But will they pose a risk to our mental health?


Computer on, virtual reality headset in front of your eyes, you are immersed in 3D in a meeting room with colleagues living at the end of the world, or in the process of training, visiting an exhibition, attending a concert or make purchases in a virtual shopping mall (with a dedicated currency... but that you will have bought with very real money!).

Welcome to Metaverse!

The promise of this future of the Internet still under construction?

Allow you to access parallel universes via the internet where everything is possible, starting with the creation of an avatar (icon) in your image or not.

A semblance of reality which, like this one, will be in perpetual evolution under the action of connected people, and which will allow us to find anyone, anywhere,

without worrying about distances and the constraints of reality.

Virtual universes which it is illusory to believe would be without risk: stalkers and crooks will also be there...

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Source: lefigaro

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