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  Metaverse Could Be Worse Than Social Media, Inventor of First AR System Warns

  With big tech drifting towards virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), creating space to accommodate the metaverse, there is an intense debate underway about the limits — or rather a lack of it — of this new technology. One of the major concerns among skeptics is that the metaverse could lead to an end of reality as we know it.

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  Pokémon Go Creator Says The Metaverse Is A Nightmare

  Niantic's CEO and founder John Hanke called the metaverse a nightmare concept born out of science fiction dystopias, rather than a technological ideal. He said that Niantic is committed to connecting people to the world around them with Augmented Reality, rather than disappearing into Virtual Reality.

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  Apple CEO Tim Cook Says Augmented Reality Could Be as Big as the Smartphone

  "I view AR like I view the silicon here in my iPhone, it's not a product per se, it's a core technology."

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  Pokemon Go, Other Augmented Reality Games Blocked in China

  The block was put up amid concerns that Augmented Reality games contain "rather big social risks" including potential threats to consumer and traffic safety, and the security of "geographic information."

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  Dhanush: It is easy to impress Sonam Kapoor

  Dhanush, who is paired opposite Sonam Kapoor in Raanjhnaa, says the actress never made him feel uncomfortable and was rather easy to impress.