What will funerals be like in the future and what commemorative treatment will be given to people after they die? This is a question that is already beginning to be asked by the global funeral industry and those who promote businesses in the metaverse.
A company in Spain has just published a study dedicated to exploring what Spaniards think about this topic, and the responses were surprising. 24% of those consulted said they were willing to be virtually ‘revived’ in the metaverse.
Although more than half of Spaniards (59%) responded that they did not want their spirit to remain alive in the metaverse, another 17% of those surveyed said they were not sure if they would allow it or not.
There are already various technologies under development that allow data to be stored and human memory preserved on hard drives, in the cloud or on computers for later use in humanoid robots, such as those being developed by the automaker…