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China’s Metaverse Is Dystopia

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China’s Metaverse Is Dystopia
Takuma Iwasa, Shiftall CEO, demonstrates Haritora X, a full body tracking system for VR, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nev., on Jan. 5, 2022. - A jacket equipped with sensors that let wearers feel hugs or even punches encountered in virtual reality was among the innovations giving the metaverse a more realistic edge at the Consumer Electronics Show. Julie Jammot/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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The metaverse, that virtual world that teens everywhere are entering with a headset and hand controllers, could eventually pull in $8 trillion.
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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