![]() ![]() Our role is to design places that are meaningful, rich with engagement, and stimulating. There’s a lot at stake here for architects. Independently developing a rich and coherent set of values will lose out to the fraught political and social endgame that plays out daily in the digital landscape. ![]() The Metaverse and other platforms will feed our addictions by encouraging us to manipulate our profiles and seek validation. If successful, fulfillment of our desires will require us to don a headset. With attention spans riveted by endless digital content, walking down the street has become a delicate dance of avoiding people staring obliviously at their phones-those who, calling to mind Ada Louise Huxtable’s famous question, “ Kicked a Building Lately? ,” might walk right into one.Īs more information is uploaded into the ether, will our existence be defined by what we encounter in the virtual world? It appears that the tech industry wants it this way, starting with Mark Zuckerberg’s awful and dystopian Metaverse initiative. In recent years, this hypothetical has found parallels in our growing digital universe, where we are continually drawn to our flat screens to confirm our relevance, connect with like-minded individuals, or create dating profiles. Clarke’s mid-20th century science fiction classic, a character wonders if the flattened inhabitants experiencing a far-off planet’s tremendous gravitational force are aware of the third dimension. ![]()
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