(Manila Bulletin) After the SIM Registration Act was signed by President Marcos, legislators are already working on similar bills to protect the people’s personal information in this digital era. But as nations take proactive legislative measures to protect the consumers’ rights to their personal information in a world of hackers, fraudulent marketers, and cyber bullies, an emerging technological advancement is making headlines yet again.
The metaverse. If you see anonymous comments on your social media pages and text messages from unregistered numbers inviting you to invest in bitcoin (another example of data breach), this is merely one facet of the metaverse. Simply put, the metaverse is a virtual world that mimics the real world and allows end users to exist in it through technologies including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI), social media and digital currency. If you have a teenager like me, a perfect example of metaverse is the online game Roblox which advertisers have tapped into to sell their products and services. From this online game popularized during the lockdowns when our children were left without much choice but to befriend their gadgets, actual retailers such as Amazon, have used the metaverse in allowing their customers to try on clothes online… Read More
