In this episode we talk about what the Metaverse is, and what the risks to young people who access it (or any form of virtual reality are). We discuss a recent BBC article which suggested the Metaverse is incredibly high risk for young people, and what professionals can do if they are concerned about those risks, for example what measures can be taken to supervise children and young people who are using VR headsets.
We also discuss the likelihood of VR technology becoming mainstream, considering recent examples of technology which didn't take off and whether VR is likely to go the same way as Google Glass, or 3D movies.
Andy wrote an article in The Conversation about this, which you can read in full here: https://theconversation.com/protecting-children-in-the-metaverse-its-easy-to-blame-big-tech-but-we-all-have-a-role-to-play-177789
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