{"id":28703,"date":"2022-01-09T09:08:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T09:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28703"},"modified":"2022-01-09T09:09:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T09:09:31","slug":"ono-scholar-takes-on-the-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/ono-scholar-takes-on-the-metaverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Scholar Takes on the \u201cMetaverse\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"515\" class=\"wp-image-28704 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/Efrat-Shalvi-Metaverse-12.21.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/Efrat-Shalvi-Metaverse-12.21.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/Efrat-Shalvi-Metaverse-12.21-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/Efrat-Shalvi-Metaverse-12.21-768x392.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<p>Dr. Efrat Shalvi, a researcher on gender, communication and society at Ono Academic College explained the complexities of the \u201cMetaverse\u201d the universe beyond reality, in an interview on Keshet 12 TV\u2019s evening newscast.\u00a0 She addressed questions relating to this futuristic world including whether it is just another social network on the Internet or a replacement for our reality and familiar world? She noted the pros and cons of the Metaverse.\u00a0 She expressed one of her biggest fears about the Metaverse \u2013 that after participants experience violence and other anti-social behaviors, they will be more likely to emulate these actions in real life. The conversation touched on: Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook\/Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Minecraft, Fortnight, Zoom and more.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To watch the entire interview, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifatmediasite.com\/ms\/radiomp4\/2021\/12\/15\/11114171.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Efrat Shalvi, a researcher on gender, communication and society at Ono Academic College explained the complexities of the \u201cMetaverse\u201d the universe beyond reality, in an interview on Keshet 12 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28704,"menu_order":519,"template":"","class_list":["post-28703","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}