Welcome to the ’metaverse’ - 6 Minute English

Improve your English vocabulary and listening in just six minutes! How will technology help us in the future? We discuss how things like the metaverse, energy tech, and AI might influence how we live in years to come and teach you some related vocabulary so you can talk about it too. This week’s question: According to a 2021 survey by gaming company, Thrive Analytics, what percentage of people who try virtual reality once want to try it again? a) 9 percent b) 49 percent c) 79 percent Watch the video to find out the answer. Vocabulary: three-dimensional (3-D) having the three dimensions of length, width and height, making objects appear real and solid, not flat phygital combining the features of physical and digital worlds to create a new type of experience sceptical doubtful that something is true or useful unwieldy difficult to move or carry because it’s so heavy, large or strangely shaped augmented reality (AR) technology which augments (adds to) the ordinary physical world by projecting virtual pictures, text or characters on top immersive stimulating the senses and surrounding someone so that they feel completely involved in an experience To download the audio and a transcript, go to our webpage at: [Cover: Getty Images] More 6 Minute English episodes: How green is nuclear energy? Why we forget the things we learn Should fast food sponsor sport? Grime: Music from architecture ’I love my language!’ How can we make the web a better place? ​​ #learnenglish #vocabulary #metaverse #futuretech #6minuteenglish