In collaboration with the Tokyo-based nonprofit organization Katariba, the board of education of Hiroshima introduced metaverse-related activities.
Metaverse
usage is expanding as part of classes and extracurricular activities in
response to increased absenteeism in the past few years.
- On campus or at home, students wear virtual-reality goggles and meet in the metaverse.
- Students debated metaverse opinions during summer holidays to help reduce student absences.
- According to forecasts, 1 billion people worldwide will participate in metaverse-related activities within the next decade.