Europe's plan to thrive in the metaverse, says EU Commissioner

“We will continue looking at new digital opportunities and trends, such as the metaverse”, writes EU Commisssioner Thierry Breton.
As mentioned in President von der Leyen's State of the Union letter of intent, metaverse is one of the pressing challenges ahead of us.
Metaverse — a new form of virtual space — is springing everywhere.
Actually, not one but many metaverses are being developed, as a new generation of digital platforms offers possibilities for people to interact in completely innovative ways.
Not only for entertainment purposes, but also to work together, develop artistic creativity, do real-life simulations aimed at medical interventions, cultural preservation, environmental protection or disaster prevention and a lot more.
Our European way to foster the virtual worlds is threefold: people, technologies and infrastructure. 

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