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All Aboard for Virtual Utopia?

Spoiler: Your Body Still Matters.

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Sep 30, 2024
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Could the Matrix one day create fulfilling lives for humans? William Hasselberger calls that dream, “virtual utopia.”

Proponents of virtual reality (VR), such as Mark Zuckerberg and Ray Kurzweil, claim that virtual avatars can provide a complete sense of personal presence and that virtual bodies can replace physical bodies.

There are advantages to virt…

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