Topic
Metaverse
175 published works
Shufti Pro Blog
The Rising Concern of Financial Crimes in the Metaverse – AML Screening as a Solution
The digital world is evolving at a greater pace than ever before. The Metaverse is considered a digital universe where people from the physical world interact with each other online.…
Internet Newsletter for Lawyers
The Metaverse: laws of the second coming
Back in 2003, when Facebook was just an experiment for Mark Zuckerberg to improve his luck with dating at Harvard, an online game called Second Life was launched by Linden…
China Law Insight
下一站，元宇宙：元宇宙应用——网络游戏还是网络社交？
By King & Wood
作者：张逸瑞 张一凡 如我们在《下一站，元宇宙（一）：从UGC说起》一文中所述，游戏所具有的社交属性、同步拟真、持续开源和创造以及封闭的经济系统等特征使其与元宇宙具有较高的相似性，因而游戏成为了最先能够为人们展现元宇宙雏形的阵地。同时，元宇宙头部企业也正在通过不断提升以虚拟现实（VR）和增强现实（AR）为代表的底层技术的性能，加速元宇宙概念的落地进程。VR和AR是通往元宇宙的关键路径。在传统互联网平台既不能将虚拟世界准确地投射到物理世界，也不能赋予人类在虚拟世界中的深度体验感的情况下，AR和VR从技术上解决了这些问题：AR可以将数字信息叠加到物理环境，VR则是能完全创造出一个生动的虚拟世界。目前，我国AR和VR产业的发展已经进入起飞阶段，虚拟社交已经成为元宇宙在游戏领域以外的战略高地。例如，QQ秀、SOUL等网络社交产品均推出了创建虚拟化身的功能，在宣传语中主打“元宇宙”概念；家用VR设备的普及化也推动了VR直播、VR社交等新兴元宇宙产品的产生。本文将试图厘清目前主流互联网应用领域以网页、APP或H5页面形式存在的元宇宙产品（以下简称“元宇宙产品”）在我国法律框架内的定位，并以此为基础为元宇宙产品的合规运营提供建议。 阅读更多
China Law Insight
通往元宇宙的“彩虹桥”——扩展现实产业现状及合规路径初探
By King & Wood
作者：陈青东 张逸瑞 郑博文 刘慎勇 谈及“元宇宙是什么”，时至今日还是一个颇具争议的话题。一边是国家和地方近期纷纷出台支持元宇宙、Web 3.0相关产业的政策，另一边是有关元宇宙的各类科普视频、文章下仍以持怀疑、观望态度的评论为主流。 如果立足于现阶段来回答“元宇宙是什么”，最直观的感受可能是：所有能够使虚拟世界变得更为真实、或者让真实世界更加丰富的技术，都可能成为元宇宙概念的一部分。在此基础之上，为将真实场景和虚拟场景深度融合甚至发生实时交互而生的扩展现实（Extended Reality，简称“XR”）相关技术，自然成为构建元宇宙的底层基础设施，亦是连接元宇宙与现实世界的“彩虹桥”。 阅读更多
Consumer Finance Monitor
This week’s podcast episode: A look at the Metaverse’s legal implications, with special guest Samantha Green, Director of Content Marketing, Epiq
After discussing what the Metaverse is and its possible uses by providers of legal and other services, we look at an array of legal issues that should be considered by…
MediaWrites
“New movies coming soon to the Metaverse near you” – Copyright issues with films in the metaverse
Why should people watch movies in the metaverse at all? At first glance, it is surprising that people would choose to watch films in the metaverse. The cinema or streaming…
The Brand Protection Blog
Are we (virtually) there yet? Waiting for the rise of the metaverse from a brand owner’s perspective
By Georgina Hey (AU), Isobel Taylor (AU)
We are now almost one year on from Mark Zuckerberg’s much talked-about October 2021 letter announcing, among other things, the change of the name of his company from Facebook to…
PatentNext
Patenting VR Inventions in the Age of the Metaverse.
PatentNext Summary: Virtual Reality (VR)-related patents are expected to rise with the onset of the Metaverse. Given that VR is fundamentally a software technology, how do courts review VR-related patents?…
Data Counsel
Modeling the Privacy Catwalk: Practical Steps Forward
By Carolina Alonso, Nikki Edmunds
What’s Trending? (Privacy a la Mode) Notable fashion brands have been engaging in a “trial period” of new technologies as privacy laws and privacy enforcement are trending – for example,…
eDiscovery Today Blog
ProSearch Fall Events to Explore Chat in Discovery, the Metaverse, and the Future of Work
By Doug Austin
There are some interesting educational events coming up for ProSearch this fall, including Chat in Discovery, the Metaverse and the Future of Work! The post ProSearch Fall Events to Explore…