There’s much more to virtual reality than gaming, as Improbable CEO Herman Narula explains in his DLD All Stars presentation. Running complex simulations in virtual worlds could bring many benefits to business, society and politics, he points out. And there’s hope of reducing polarization, too. “Games in virtual worlds tend to force cooperation in ways social media never can”, Narula argues. “They’re not echo chambers, they’re shared experiences.”
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Humanity’s Future in Virtual Worlds
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Herman Narula
Improbable
Herman Narula is the co-founder and CEO of Improbable, a British metaverse technology company that partners with video game developers, entertainment companies and academic institutions to enable powerful, virtual worlds of unprecedented size and usefulness. Narula is the author of Virtual Society and holds a computer science degree from Cambridge.
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