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Meta – Green! A fictional debate on the sustainability of Metaverses / XR* / VR**, organized by the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs According to Raja Koduri, head of Intel's computer graphics department, the democratization of metaverses on a global scale would require a 1000-fold increase in available computing power .


In light of this observation, the report puts forward an on facebook database the evolution towards immersive: " The value provided by a metaverse should be able to be greater than the environmental impacts generated, in other words, go beyond simple entertainment or simple speculation by allowing significant progress compared to what could be achieved without resorting to such technological devices ." Will it therefore be necessary to limit connection times or even ban an entertainment metaverse? The report also quotes researcher Alain Berthoz, who highlights the risk of a form of denial of reality in the face of climate issues.


The experts' conclusion: " A metaverse limited to a few million users worldwide for positive and useful uses to society may be preferable to a metaverse generalized to the entire population for harmful uses that would only serve private interests ." Conclusion The report highlights France's assets to become a major player in these new technologies, while demonstrating the limits (technological, ethical, political) of the metaverse, and the need for better coordination between French Tech and French Touch, between public research and artistic creation . It is in the field of culture that the opportunities seem most obvious, and a certain number of cultural actors in France have already seized them.