Virtual reality technology is advancing fast. Many predict that a virtual-reality
“metaverse” will be the next stage of the internet, and that we may eventually
have complete simulated universes as in The Matrix films.
Some even contend we live in such a world already. In this talk, philosopher
David Chalmers looks at these claims, and draws on science, technology and
science fiction as well as philosophy to argue that worlds generated by
computers need not be fake or fictional realities. They will no doubt bring
many wonderful and terrible things, but they will offer the full range of the
human condition – and the lives we live in them can be just
as meaningful as in the real realities.
Find out more and register:
newscientist.com/virtualreality
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BIG THINKER SERIES
DAVID CHALMERS
REALITY+: FROM THE MATRIX
TO THE METAVERSE
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Thursday 10 February 2022 6 - 7pm GMT, 1pm - 2pm EST and on-demand