The MetaverseUA Chair Newsletter #17 – March 2025

MetaverseUA Chair Newsletter #17 – March 2025

Welcome to the latest edition of the MetaverseUA Chair Newsletter. Following our beloved monthly tradition, we are providing you with a new compilation of the latest news regarding virtual and augmented reality, as well as other emerging technologies that are contributing to the shaping of this brave new world! So, grab your VR headset and get ready, for exciting (or terrifying?) times are ahead!

II International Congress: Metaverse for the Good

II International Congress: Metaverse for the Good

The European Metaverse Research Network and the Academic Chair for the Responsible Development of the Metaverse of the University of Alicante are launching a Call for Submissions for the II International Congress “Metaverse for the Good”, organized in the framework of the Project on the Implementation of the Charter of Digital Rights financed by the public entity Red.es in Alicante, 11-12 June.

The MetaverseUA Chair Newsletter #15 – January 2025

Here we are again, with your favourite newsletter from the MetaverseUA Chair! Just in time for Christmas, it’s the perfect read for a cozy break by the fireplace, paired with a cup of hot chocolate—or perhaps a glass of wine, we’ll leave up that to you!

The MetaverseUA Chair Newsletter #14 – December 2024

Here we are again, with your favourite newsletter from the MetaverseUA Chair! Just in time for Christmas, it’s the perfect read for a cozy break by the fireplace, paired with a cup of hot chocolate—or perhaps a glass of wine, we’ll leave up that to you!

A Thursday in the Metaverse #2 – Featuring Brittan Heller

A Thursday in the Metaverse #2 - Featuring Brittan Heller

We’re excited to share the recording of the second webinar in our «Thursdays in the Metaverse» series! This session featured Brittan Heller, a renowned expert at the intersection of technology, law, and human rights, who delivered a captivating talk titled “The Embodied Web”

MetaverseUA Chair Research Paper #2 – Personal Data processing within Immersive Virtual Worlds: Privacy challenges in the interconnected data-driven Metaverse

MetaverseUA Chair Research Paper #2 – Personal Data processing within Immersive Virtual Worlds: Privacy challenges in the interconnected data-driven Metaverse

We are pleased to announce the release of the second paper in our series, MetaverseUA Chair Research Papers titled ‘Personal Data processing within Immersive Virtual Worlds: Privacy challenges in the interconnected data-driven Metaverse‘, authored by Pablo Trigo, Researcher at LSTS, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), and Vagelis Papakonstantinou, one of the members of the Chair’s Scientific Committee and Professor of Law at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium).