Throughout this session, these concepts regarding the interconnection between human and digital brought on a conversation about the multinational tech conglomerate Facebook, now known as Meta and the prevalence of the “Metaverse” within contemporary media. Interestingly, Meta is beginning to incorporate Virtual and Augmented Reality, as well as the use of Avatars in this new virtual climate that appears to be attempting to integrate itself more and more into our daily lives. So rather than attending an in-person meeting at work, you could instead show up virtually using an avatar as a representation of your online presence. Right now, this would appear almost like a video game, similar to The Sims for example, with users being able to control their avatar in 2D. However, the future plan would be to expand from 2D into 3D using Virtual Reality headsets, and then eventually into Augmented Reality. Essentially, you would then be able to wear a smaller headset or AR glasses (e.g. Google Glass) and visually experience the virtual climate, without having to leave your home. Although the concept is still in the very early stages of development and is sometimes hard to comprehend if not apart of a technologically-literate audience, Wired magazine suggests that if you “mentally replace the phrase “the metaverse” in a sentence with “cyberspace” it can be easier to understand what Meta are actually trying to do.