Chatterbox #300 – The metaverse

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🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Is the metaverse our future reality or just a dystopian fantasy? In this episode, Andrew and Anna talk all about virtual reality and share their opinions on how they see the future of the metaverse. Chatterbox is a Culips series designed for intermediate and advanced English learners. This series features native speakers having natural conversations about fascinating topics that help you improve your English listening and speaking skills. Plus, you might learn something interesting along the way! Fun facts You might think that the concept of the metaverse is recent, but did you know that the idea of virtual reality, or VR, dates all the way back to 1838? That’s when the VR headset of the 19th century—the stereoscope—was invented by an English scientist, Charles Wheatstone. Expressions included in the study guide To attribute [something] to [something/someone] A late adopter/an early adopter Out of the loop To block out To jump/dive headfirst into [something] To change [one’s] tune Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke for Free Image: Sound On (Pexels.com)

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0:00.0	What comes to mind when you hear the word metaverse?
0:07.0	Maybe you think of a digital space where we can live a digital life.
0:12.0	Or maybe you think of the company Facebook who have now
0:15.8	rebranded themselves as Meta and are working towards building a Metiverse. Maybe you
0:22.2	think of Sci-Fi movies like The Matrix, or maybe you don't know exactly what to think.
0:30.0	Maybe you've heard of the metaverse, but aren't exactly sure what it is and what it's all about.
0:36.6	If you're in this latter category of people, you're not alone. In fact, I was one of these people myself.
0:43.0	I kept hearing about the Metaverse on podcasts, social media, TV,
0:48.0	and in conversations with friends, but I wasn't exactly sure what it was they were discussing. I knew that it seemed to be
0:58.0	important and there was a lot of hype surrounding it but I didn't know why.
1:04.4	My name's Andrew and in today's Chatterbox episode, we'll get to the bottom of what the
1:09.5	Metiverse is and learn all about it together.
1:13.0	Later on in the episode I'll be joined by my co-host Anna
1:17.0	and we'll talk all about our thoughts, opinions and feelings about the metaverse.
1:22.0	If you're new to our Chatterbox series and feelings about the Metiverse.
1:23.0	If you're new to our Chatterbox series or are not sure what it's about, let me explain.
1:28.0	Chatterbox is the Kulep series for intermediate and advanced level English learners where we talk about compelling topics,
1:36.0	trending current events, or hot issues. Chatterbox is designed to improve your English
1:42.0	listening and speaking and to help you reach
1:44.6	your English goals. There's a transcript and a study guide for this episode on our
1:50.0	website qlops.com for alluleps members, please visit the website to learn about how
1:56.2	you can become a member and join the Culeps community. We've gone from desktop to web to phones, from text to photos to video, but this isn't the end of the line.
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