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6 Roadblocks Stopping Web3 And The Metaverse Becoming A Reality

Bernard Marr

Bitcoin alone consumes more electricity in a year than several countries, including Norway and Hungary. In other words, the hardware and network demands will be huge compared to today, and this presents both challenges and opportunities for telecom companies, cloud providers and hardware manufacturers like Apple and Samsung.

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Project Caliper: the journey of prototyping optimal controllers for VR

The Ghost Howls

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. The Global E-waste Monitor report says the UK generates 23.9kg per capita – compared with 26kg in Norway July 2020 Global E-waste Monitor 2020.