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Blood,Spine,andTeeth:BiologyintheMetaverse
The impact of this sophisticated technology is profound. It holds the capability of transforming another niche—biology. While it might feel conflicting to dogmatists, technology is not separate from biology. The complex physiochemical processes that happen day in and day out can all be better comprehended with Virtual Reality (VR). Most biological processes, including the genetic code, had taken tens of years to add up to the complex theories through which we now know them. Documenting these theories squeezed many funds and efforts, even while using an interconnected network of sophisticated supercomputers. Moreover, a slew of physiological processes had only been studied in lower organisms like invertebrates, given their complexity in humans. Designing the anatomy of higher organisms, including humans, with technologies such as 3D modelling would improve the prospects for research and documentation. By mounting VR headsets, the researchers could get a real-time experience of the functioning of the human body without compromising the model. The Metaverse could do away with working on dead organisms where there is little to no possibility of preserving the life processes without inducing post-mortem decomposition. The amount of data and observations these researchers would generate would be overwhelming. Although these observations of the various biological experiments are stored in databases, recovering the data we need can get cumbersome, given the substandard search engines of these databases. For anyone to retrieve this information later is like scouring a heap of mud for a dime. Storage and curation of these heaps of information are affairs of a sub-field of biology called bioinformatics. The predominant databases that accommodate biological information are public, where researchers upload their work. This convoluted mass of data can be streamlined with more sophisticated technology.
The scope of the Metaverse also gets through to medicine. Drug discovery and development efforts can be augmented with virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI). Potential drug target sites in the body can be better understood with 3D models and their reactions to bound drugs. The effects of various drugs on nontarget organs can also be examined. Over and above that, personalised chemotherapy can also become economical for the practitioner and the patient. These personalised medications are used as a last resort for patients who have no or severe side effects from generic medications.The relationship between biology and the metaverse does look promising. This might help tweak the long-standing view—relationships do not work out when you have nothing in common!
Dissecting the internals.
TheGood,theBad,andtheUgly
A bee’s day is anything but laid-back, something that it shares with man. Giving some respite to this tiny creature and its complex counterpart, the Metaverse surely ups their game.
Switching most activities to the screen makes a huge difference in their daily lives. This has given them enough time to toil on more essential tasks while their holograms are busy presenting to clients.
Still, in its diapers, the Metaverse has a long way to go before it helps transform lives as it hopes to do. It has an impertinent responsibility to shine brightly amidst the dark clouds of increased cyber fraud and online hatred that loom over our heads. At the moment, the good outweighs the bad, given technological strides.
From the corporations burning huge holes in their pockets to the ones unable to take their dates out to fancy restaurants, there is now a way out. It is almost here. The metaverse is the door to the future, the door to convenience.
