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    Acknowledgments

    This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet and pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/science. Primary researchers Cary Funk, Director, Science and Society ResearchLee Rainie, Director, Internet and Technology ResearchMonica Anderson, Associate DirectorAlec Tyson, Associate DirectorMichelle Faverio, Research AnalystRisa Gelles-Watnick, Research AssistantBrian Kennedy, Senior ResearcherColleen McClain, […]

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    4. The metaverse will fully emerge as its advocates predict

    About half of these expert respondents supported the idea that the metaverse will be a fully-immersive aspect of daily life for many by 2040. Many who expect augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) and virtual reality (VR) to advance substantially predicted those advances will come from a natural evolution of the current innovations that are […]

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    5. Changing economic life and work

    A notable number of the expert respondents made the case that by 2035 advances in the digital public sphere could boost economies and ease the transition to a new world of work. They often mentioned the benefits they expect that better digital spheres might bring to economic development and people’s transition into new kinds of […]

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    4. Work is needed now to prepare for a mind-bending future

    Several of these experts wrote about the urgent need to make moves now to establish systems and processes to help society cope with expected modes of far more significant change that are currently in their early days that are likely to completely alter almost everything in the near to far future. They say it is […]

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    2. Expert essays on metaverse possibilities

    The experts’ answers to our questions about the future of the metaverse that are reported in this section are somewhat longer than those in the previous section, and they often have a more panoramic perspective. ‘It will be even more difficult to separate the “real world” from the manifold mirror worlds we will be engaged […]

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    8. More potential negatives of the advancement of XR

    When asked to describe some of the negatives of the XR world, these experts highlighted a wide-ranging number of threats. Those included reductions in personal autonomy and people’s ability to control their lives; worsening digital divides; amplified discrimination; new forms of harassment, bullying and hate; new menaces to public safety, especially around sexual violence and […]

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    4. Empowering individuals

    A share of these expert respondents argued that a better digital sphere would empower individuals, granting them privacy and control over their data and improving their interactions with and access to government and health services, businesses and other entities. They also seek a world where the decisions people make about what information and which people […]

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    2. Building better spaces

    A large portion of respondents hoped and predicted that digital platforms will reform themselves and new platforms will arise by 2035 that could lead to a better online environment – one that enshrines new norms for discourse and allows for open and honest conversations that are less fractious and menacing. Among the reforms they imagine: […]

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    American Trends Panel Wave 99

    Field dates: Nov. 1 – Nov. 7, 2021 Topics: Artificial intelligence (AI) and human enhancement

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    Samuel Bestvater

    Samuel Bestvater is the Associate Director of Data Labs at Pew Research Center. Sam helps lead the Center’s data science research, using computational tools and techniques to study the behaviors and life experiences of the public. He’s involved in every step of the research process, from guiding which questions to ask, to deciding how to […]