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Daily Tech News Show

Small For A Metaverse - DTNS 4193

Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt

News, Technology

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

While the excitement around the Metaverse continues to grow, it's important to step back and take a look at the issues that need to be addressed in order to make the concept a reality.



Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Jonathan Strickland , Roger Chang, Amos, Joe.

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0:00.0

A tech demo shows off the usual tech things.

0:04.0

Then I'm going to jump to a link.

0:05.0

Using the usual tech devices.

0:07.0

We have a plane device called our mouse.

0:09.0

Doing the usual tech productivity tasks.

0:11.0

Now we're connected audio.

0:13.0

You can see my work. You can point at it.

0:15.0

And I can see your face and we can talk.

0:17.0

Except it's 1968 and it's going to set the computing agenda

0:20.0

for the next half century, then almost immediately be ignored.

0:24.0

The mother of all demos on no a little more.

0:27.0

Get it wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.0

Ordinary working families are being hit hardest by the cost of living.

0:37.0

We're Lowell, the UK's largest credit management company.

0:41.0

And have teamed up with opinion to track financial vulnerability in the UK.

0:45.0

As rates rise and credit usage falls,

0:48.0

our latest data shows that the cost of living is having a disproportionate impact on working families.

0:54.0

With government support, trumping pay.

0:57.0

To see what's happening in your area.

0:59.0

Search online for Lowell FBI.

1:04.0

Want a little more science with your tech?

1:06.0

Dr. Nikki Ackerman's Science News Monthly rounds all the important science stories for the month up

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