The MetaverseUA Chair Newsletter #9 – April 2024
Welcome to a new issue of the MetaverseUA Chair newsletter. April comes full of novelties in regarding the Metaverse. Buckle up! Let´s go to it.
The MetaverseUA Chair Newsletter #8 – March 2024
Here we are again with your favorite appointment: the newsletter from the Academic Chair for the Responsible Development of the Metaverse! In the past two weeks, the world hasn’t stopped, and it seems that the European Union hasn’t either. So we haven’t either. We have worked to help you stay updated and kick off the weekend in the best way. Get your popcorn (or coffee) ready, here’s newsletter #8 for you!
Participación de Aurelio López-Tarruella en la Jornada “La protección del software mirando al futuro”
El próximo martes 6 de junio a las 12.00 horas, el Director de la Cátedra MetaversoUA, Aurelio López-Tarruella, hablará sobre los retos que presenta el desarrollo responsable del Metaverso en la Jornada “La protección del software mirando al futuro”
Launching of the EMRN’s official website
We are pleased to inform you that the EMRN now has a website. As you may know, the Metaverse Chair is part of the European Metaverse Research Network (EMRN), which had received funding provided through an unrestricted gift by Meta in order to conduct a multidisciplinary research on the metaverse to explore the implications of this transformative technology.
Participación de Aurelio López-Tarruella y Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras en el “Curso Especial de Derecho en el Metaverso y otras experiencias”
El próximo 1 de junio, el director de la Cátedra, Aurelio López-Tarruella, y una de las miembros del Comité Científico, Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras, formarán parte del “Curso Especial de Derecho en el Metaverso y otras experiencias” organizado por la Escuela de Práctica Jurídica de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid
The Chair Metaverse UA launches its LinkedIn and its Youtube profiles
The Chair Metaverse UA launches its LinkedIn and its Youtube profiles to connect with professionals, students and enthusiasts of this exciting field we are exploring.
Participation of the Chair’s Director in the “More Than Just a Game” Conference held in London.
Aurelio López-Tarruella, director of the MetaverseUA Chair, will participate in the conference “More Than Just a Game” that will take place in London from 19th to 21st April 2023
The scientific committee of the MetaverseUA chair sounds the starting shot with their inaugural meeting.
On February 10th, the inaugural meeting of the Scientific Committee of the MetaversoUA Chair took place at the Alicante Campus of the UA, with the presence of the Rector Amparo Navarro, in order to define and initiate the activities for the first year of work.
Meta reaches an agreement with the University of Alicante for the creation of the Metaverse UA Chair or the responsible development of the Metaverse.
The University of Alicante and Meta have agreed to create the MetaverseUA Chair, which is part of Meta’s XR Programs and Research Fund and aims to promote independent academic research in Europe on ethical and legal aspects of the metaverse, such as preserving digital identity or protecting personal data.
