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However, the climate argument and the ecological impact of the development of the metaverse is not what seems to call into question its advent today. External reasons are cited: too many bugs, performance instabilities, which have not attracted the support of employees within Meta itself . However, the latter were invited to seize the promises and possibilities offered by Horizon Worlds (Meta's metaverse). While other players are positioned on the development of immersive technologies, few mention, from the design of their universes, the launch of a reflection on the energy cost of such innovations.


By Myriam Hammad and Isya Okoué Métogo, MediaLab colombia mobile database of Information Measuring the environmental impact of digital services is certainly a complex and evolving science, as highlighted in the ADEME and ARCEP report . However, it seems difficult to imagine that, in an era of unprecedented climate emergency, these thoughts and research are not shared by designers . to green these new realities. We are invited to look at our uses: by modifying our services, our consumption habits, our practices, the metaverse would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.


This tipping of the balance therefore requires support, as well as a profound structural change in current supply and demand. Recently, students from ENSAD – the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs – took part in the exercise of debate-fiction around the sustainability of metaverses . Through different futuristic scenarios, they explore worlds where real and virtual coexist in metaverses that have shaken up large parts of our society. How can we move away from fiction, and what tangible elements can we rely on to evaluate the effects of this proposed virtual future? The environment, the great absentee from the ideation of the metaverse The metaverse does not yet exist, but its development seems inevitable, driven in particular by investments from tech giants.