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While the Metaverse destroys skills and abilities, it may increase the domestic quarrel and suicide cases

From İstanbul Gelisim University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Sociology Department, Nazar Bal, Faculty Member, PhD, evaluated the effects of the Metaverse world, which is the intertwining of virtual and real worlds, together with augmented reality.

Social media tools, which are used quite frequently, especially as a marketing tool for the last ten years, showed that even ordinary people can promote themselves and even become a phenomenon, influencer, blogger or youtuber. Although it is thought that social media tools provide a free space to people, it also makes them dependent to it, together with many varying factors. Mentioning that the psychological, sociological, economic and cultural reflections of the Metaverse are inevitable, Nazar Bal, Faculty Member, PhD, said, “Metaverse enables users to create a new world for themselves via digital glasses in a preferred room of the house. With the global culture affecting the local culture and the development of technology, individuals have become subjects who imitate and resemble each other. Under these circumstances, individuals may begin to lose their skills and abilities."

‘’METAVERSE WILL MAKE EMERGE OF NEW OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS’’

In social media tools, where we witness the reflection of artificial, fictional and pretend lives, a perception of making money hand over fist has also been arisen.  The fact that users, who disregard the privacy of their private lives and transform their daily lives into commodities in the public sphere, create new occupational groups points out that the same situation will undoubtedly be true also in Metaverse, even more enhanced ways. It is expected that these new occupational groups will emerge from areas such as auditing, security, design, graphics, artificial intelligence, robotics, economics, health and social relations.

 ‘’ DOMESTIC QUARREL AND SUICIDE CASES MAY INCREASE’’

As Metaverse may attract the attention of individuals from different status, it may have a greater impact on individuals of disadvantaged groups such as the elders, children, young people, disabled people, and single-parent families. Mentioning that in the Metaverse universe that may have much more different effects especially on children, who are the most vulnerable group, it may cause domestic quarrels and generational conflicts at points where generations cannot understand each other, Nazar Bal, Faculty Member, PhD, said, ‘’Such problems will not limited to the digital world drawn by Metaverse itself, but may go so far as occurrence of cases such as suicide. Just as the footprints we leave on social media are followed and observed by someone, we will be followed by someone also in the Metaverse world; at this point, the issue of security is very important.’’