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Online Event: Reality+: From the Matrix to the Metaverse with David Chalmers Virtual reality technology is advancing fast. Many predict that a "Metaverse" of virtual worlds will be the next stage of the internet. We may eventually have complete simulated universes as in The Matrix . In this talk, philosopher David Chalmers argues that virtual reality is genuine reality. Virtual worlds generated by computers need not be fake or fictional realities. We can live in meaningful life in VR. We could even be in a Matrix-style virtual world already. Drawing on science, technology, and science fiction as well as philosophy, Chalmers first argues that full-scale Matrix-style simulated universes are genuine realities. He goes on to argue that Metaverse-style virtual worlds experienced through headsets are also genuine and meaningful realities. Virtual reality will no doubt bring wonderful things and awful things, but it will offer the full range of the human condition. David Chalmer

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