Four ways in which history and religion are being transformed by the metaverse and AI

By Sreevas Sahasranamam, Professor, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

Imagine getting a live art class from Leonardo da Vinci, or having a fully interactive discussion about the meaning of life with Socrates. You can now do this in your living room with a laptop and headset through startups like Ireland’s Engage XR and Sweden’s Hello History, combining the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) and the metaverse.

Tradition and technology have often been seen as distinct and even…

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