The Metaverse: What Are The Environmental Impacts & Future?

The metaverse's reliance on virtual reality (VR) technology and data centres will have a detrimental impact on the environment, even as it decreases carbon emissions by reducing travel

- Dr. Mukesh Kwatra

The metaverse. A vision of the future. The next great leap in the evolution of the internet. The physical world is blending with the digital one. Strict lockdowns during the pandemic have sparked momentum in immersive virtual and augmented reality. The users on this digital world may share their

experiences and communicate with one another in real-time inside simulated circumstances. Microsoft refers to metaverse as “a new version of the internet.” The amount, diversity, and speed with which users will create data will necessitate the adoption of AI applications for analysis. Virtual reality (VR) technologies, which currently leverage AI technologies like deep neural networks for precise hand tracking and deep learning for eye tracking, will most likely be used in the metaverse.

POSITIVE IMPACT

The main advantage for the environment is that it will considerably eliminate the need for human travel, resulting in less traffic, less accidents, less pollution, and consequently less global warming. For political and big business honchos it would be easier to hold conferences in the virtual world, thus saving them on time besides the enormous expenses on their security and travel.