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L’investigador de l’Institut de Neurociències de la Universitat de Barcelona (UB) Mel Slater coordinarà l’European Metaverse Research Network (EMRN), la primera xarxa de recerca a Europa especialitzada en el metavers. Aquesta nova entitat està conformada per vuit centres d’investigació provinents de set països i estudiarà els beneficis, riscos i desafiaments potencials dels mons virtuals.
“The researcher from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UB) Mel Slater will coordinate the European Metaverse Research Network (EMRN), the first research network in Europe specialized in the metaverse. This new entity is made up of eight research centers from seven countries and will study the benefits, risks and potential challenges of virtual worlds.”
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As a World Economic Forum platform partner, Frontiers is collaborating with the Forum on the 2023 edition of its annual emerging technologies report. Chosen by an international panel of experts, the list of top ten emerging technologies included in the report were selected from nearly 100 contenders based on criteria including novelty, applicability, depth, and power.
This is part of a series of interviews on European affairs by NOWMORE.
The interview with Mel Slater was about virtual worlds and the metaverse, and featured issues directly concerned with the EMRN. The full set of interviews are available on the NOWMORE pages.