The metaverse is a concern because it will encourage more screen time and damage human connections, the show’s producer Abba Voyage told lawmakers.

Svana Gisla told the Committee on Digital, Culture, Media and Sport that technology “scares” her and does not represent an obvious improvement in digital experiences.

She told parliamentarians that Abba Voyage, a physical concert featuring four 3D digital versions of the group’s youngest people singing and dancing to some of their hits, was purposely designed to be a large group experience rather than an event. digital or completely virtual streaming on mobile devices or headsets

The concert takes place in a purpose-built 3,000 seat arena in East London.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has called the metaverse, a virtual world accessed through virtual reality…