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  <title><![CDATA[What is the metaverse and why is Facebook so obsessed with it?]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Janet Murray,&nbsp;a professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, as well as director of the Digital Integrative Liberal Arts Center, appeared on&nbsp;<em>The Inquiry</em>&nbsp;podcast, a production of the BBC,&nbsp;on Sunday, November 18, 2021.</p>

<p>During the podcast, Murray explains what the Metaverse is and Facebook&#39;s interest in it.</p>

<p>An excerpt:</p>

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<p>I think their main motivation here is that they are hoping that this is new territory and that they can colonize it so that every time anybody uses a virtual reality or an augmented reality application they will be providing data to Facebook or Meta, as it&#39;s now called...</p>
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