But what challenges need to be overcome in hardware, connectivity and standards if the metaverse is to become as widely adopted as smartphones and the current internet?

Taking place online^[4] on Tuesday October 25th 2022 at 10am SGT/CST | 11am KST/JST, Economist Impact, sponsored by Meta, convenes top policymakers and industry experts to discuss hardware, connectivity and communications standards affecting the enablement of the virtual world.

Leading experts sharing their insights include:

• Karen Makishima, Member, House of Representatives, Former Minister for Digital
• Kyung Sin Park, Director, Open Net Korea
• Chris Hung, Vice-president and director-general, Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute, Institution of Information Industry
• Monica Desai, Vice-president, connectivity and access policy, Meta
• Naka Kondo, Editorial Manager, policy & insights, Economist Impact
• Charles Ross, Principal, policy & insights, Economist Impact

Free places to attend Enabling interconnected virtual worlds^[6] are available now. For registration and webinar event details, please visit the website^[7].

To engage with Enabling interconnected virtual worlds^[8]on social media, use #EconVirtualWorlds in your conversations and follow @EconomistImpactEvents^[9].

Leading the way into the metaverse: North East Asia's potential^[10] is sponsored by Meta^[11].

References

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2. ^{^} Enabling interconnected virtual worlds (bit.ly)
3. ^{^} Leading the way into the metaverse: North East Asia's potential (bit.ly)
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5. ^{^} agenda (bit.ly)
6. ^{^} Enabling interconnected virtual worlds (bit.ly)
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8. ^{^} Enabling interconnected virtual worlds (bit.ly)
9. ^{^} @EconomistImpactEvents (www.linkedin.com)
10. ^{^} Leading the way into the metaverse: North East Asia's potential (bit.ly)
11. ^{^} Meta (about.facebook.com)