Workshop: Metaverse - a bright future? Social interactions in a world of isolation | IEEE VR 2022

Principal Organiser: Anna Mierzecka

The Metaverse is before us. Extended Reality, which has so far been on the periphery of life, has a chance of becoming an element of everyday life. The arrival of such a world has been accelerated, on the one hand, by technological development and the readiness of IT corporations to invest in VR/XR technology, and on the other hand, by a pandemic that prompted us to look for alternative ways to exist in isolation.

This situation forces us to face completely new challenges. We must find ways to define ourselves in the virtual world in various dimensions, including establishing social relationships or creating our own identity. We invite you to our online workshop - a space for reflection on issues of social functioning in the world of the Metaverse. The event has been designed to allow participants to interact in three autonomous forms: lectures combined with Q&A sessions, an experiment involving participant observation in the VR environment, and thematic discussion sessions.