No longer just a futuristic buzzword, the metaverse is evolving into its own industry. But with new virtual-world opportunities come real-world legal risks.
Two recent court proceedings — and one tech giant’s inventive user terms — show that claims of physical injuries arising from virtual reality (VR) are worth keeping an eye on.
A New Kind of Digital Risk
Companies that integrate software and social media into their business offerings are often concerned with a core set of legal risks: privacy and cybersecurity incidents, intellectual property battles, and heated content-moderation debates.
But when it comes to the metaverse — a “3D world wide web” that enables …