It is a known fact that the whole world is turning to digital environments in the light of technological developments. With the emergence of the ‘Metaverse’ concept, this situation has been carried further and it has been stated that people will spend time in virtual worlds with the help of certain wearable technologies rather than the real world in the future.
In addition to this, it is claimed that virtual worlds may have many different uses, such as enabling continued life after death in the future. Now, a Czech-based virtual reality (VR) company, which is taking steps on this subject, has announced that it has created a virtual universe that allows you to ‘live’ forever and communicate with your deceased loved ones through your avatars. Of course for a fee.
You will be able to talk to the avatars of your deceased relatives
According to the news, a Czech virtual reality company named Somnium Space has created a virtual universe that we also call the ‘metaverse’. In descriptions, ‘Live Forever’; that means ‘Live Forever’; It has been reported that it can enable you to talk to your deceased friends or relatives, and even to live forever with your avatar, which is here after you die. It was also stated that ‘Live Forever’ is available for an annual fee of $50.
According to company officials, the avatars specified are created with data bearing the body language, movements, speech and other characteristic features of the people using this mode. It is stated that these recorded data are also stored on Somnium servers and will be used to communicate with the relatives of the disappeared person in case of a possible death.
Company founder Artur Sychov also told VICE, “If I die, people can enter this virtual world and chat with my avatar, which has my voice and movements. This might make people forget that they were talking to AI for ten minutes. This is our goal,” he said, adding that their main goal would be to make people forget their pain, even for a short time.
Due to developing technologies, issues such as consciousness transfer after death, creation of imitation virtual avatars have been on the agenda in recent years. After all, ‘immortality’ is a subject that humanity has researched and tried to achieve throughout its history. In the past months, the richest person in the world, Elon Musk, has announced that living forever will not have good results. In addition, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, also made investments on this subject. So, what do you think about this? Do you think a virtual character can replace the deceased? You can share your thoughts in the comments.
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