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Metaverse: Hype or Hyperreality?

For forty years humans have dreamed of persistent virtual worlds. Today, video games and their peripherals are pushing the boundaries of digital immersion, whether in the form of imaginary play spaces like Roblox and Second Life, or rich sensory augmentations that affect our experience of the physical world. But what will become of the Metaverse and cyberspace? And in our era of rapid and accelerating change, how can we accurately imagine and forecast future – to include both dazzling new technologies like VR and AR and wider social trends?
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About Found in Conversation

How can we understand and improve the modern world? Leading experts share ideas and insights considering a plethora of fields – from biomedical science to digital technology, politics to cultural trends – to push intellectual frontiers. From the Pictet Group, one of Europe's leading independent Wealth and Asset Managers.

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Mapping Cities

How do the cities we make in turn make us? Recorded live from the major retrospective exhibition ‘Light Lines: The Architectural Photographs of Hélène Binet’ at the Royal Academy of Arts, one of Europe’s oldest established art institutions at the heart of London, this episode explores urban architecture through the lens of photography, cartography, and real-estate investing.
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Episode Mapping Cities Feb 8, 2022