the day goes on but turning dry as the day goes on but still potential for some rain affecting central and eastern parts of england even in the evening. he shows abound in scotland and northern ireland. once that weather system clears away from men, once a monitor could be mist and fog patches around and wales and england. sunny spells going through, we can weather system will deliver cloud a patchy rain into parts of scotland and northern ireland is the day goes on. temperatures ranging upwards a little bit, 21 celsius in cardiff, for example. which of high fish are largely five thursday. low pressure in friday. thursday is going to be the driest, the bike to of the week. that's more widely across the uk. by friday the winds are picking up and there are some wet weather spreading from west to east across us. that is well from the week ahead.

hello. this is bbc new. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, first the headlines. emma raducanu makes history at the us open — beating leylah fernandez — to become the first british woman to win a grand slam, singles final, in 44 years. the government scraps plans for vaccine passports in nightclubs and large events in england. the trade union congress warns that up to 660,000 jobs could be at risk, if the uk fails to reach net zero carbon emissions, as quickly as other countries. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow. with me are liam thorp, political editor of the liverpool echo and rachel watson, deputy political editor of the scottish daily mail. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... no consensus about our lead story from any of the papers. there is one sporting star that shines on the front of almost all of them. let's begin with the times. the times has a huge picture of emma raducanu with her us open trophy, and a quote from her saying she's "ready for anything. "a similar big picture of emma there on the telegraph, again with that trophy. they're also looking at coronavirus, it says the prime minister is planning to "rip up covid restrictions next week. the metro has a similar mix, with another shot of emma raducanu with her trophy again alongside the story of vaccine passport plans for nightclubs and big events in england being dropped.

the i has that huge picture of emma raducanu with her us open trophy, but it's also looking at coronavirus. it says borisjohnson is banking on boosterjabs to control infections through the winter. it's reporting that third jabs are set to begin in the next couple of weeks, with the pm announcing his plans on tuesday. the guardian has the results of a poll shared with it, which claims parents want big changes to make childcare affordable. it says 97% of the more than 20,000 parents in this survey thought childcare was too expensive, ahead of a parliamentary debate on the issue tomorrow. the financial times leads with comments from communities secretary, robertjenrick, that more mayors are the best way to tackle inequality between different regions. he's told the ft he wants to "widen and deepen" devolution in more parts of the country. so let's begin... a little flavours the exact flavour of the papers. good evening liam and

rachel. rachel, iwonder of the papers. good evening liam and rachel. rachel, i wonder if you can start a forest please. that is the front page of the guardian. and it's emma raducanu.— front page of the guardian. and it's emma raducanu. yes, i think as you mentioned there, _ emma raducanu. yes, i think as you mentioned there, i _ emma raducanu. yes, i think as you mentioned there, i think— emma raducanu. yes, i think as you mentioned there, i think that - emma raducanu. yes, i think as you mentioned there, i think that one i emma raducanu. yes, i think as you mentioned there, i think that one is| mentioned there, i think that one is going to graze many front pages tomorrow again. we saw today on a couple of papers now she is on the front and giving the lateness of the game last night i think she will dominate the papers tomorrow and rightfully so. this was a huge achievement and a great match to watch. it isjust achievement and a great match to watch. it is just the start of her career. that's the theme of much of what we will see on the front pages tomorrow. how she isjust 18, what we will see on the front pages tomorrow. how she isjust18, she went from being an outside plea that outsider in this game, she had to qualified and got to the final and then won the tournament. that such an achievement for her but at such a young age as well. and her competitor as well was extremely young yesterday. it was quite difficult to remember that they were

both teenagers. as the guardian says and as you will see in a lot of the papers what is next for her and where does this take her now? not only has she wanders but this will change her whole career, willjust get a huge boost from this whether that's in the matches that we see and also sponsorships which has been and also sponsorships which has been a big theme across some of the stories that we will read tomorrow, i'm sure. , , ., , ., ., i'm sure. this story we are going to keep hearing _ i'm sure. this story we are going to keep hearing great _ i'm sure. this story we are going to keep hearing great stories - i'm sure. this story we are going to keep hearing great stories about. i keep hearing great stories about. obviously she's won this lovely amount of money. liam, if you could take us to the back page of the times. the headline there is watch out wimbledon. how lovely. she is hugging her trophy. yes. out wimbledon. how lovely. she is hugging her tram-— out wimbledon. how lovely. she is hugging her mushy-— hugging her trophy. yes. it's in astonishing _ hugging her trophy. yes. it's in astonishing achievement - hugging her trophy. yes. it's in astonishing achievement and i | hugging her trophy. yes. it's in - astonishing achievement and i think that as _ astonishing achievement and i think that as a _ astonishing achievement and i think that as a sports fan as many sports fans it's _ that as a sports fan as many sports fans it's still — that as a sports fan as many sports fans it's still quite hard to take in what — fans it's still quite hard to take in what a — fans it's still quite hard to take in what a ridiculous achievement it actually— in what a ridiculous achievement it actually is — in what a ridiculous achievement it actually is i— in what a ridiculous achievement it actually is. i tweeted last night i

think— actually is. i tweeted last night i think it — actually is. i tweeted last night i think it could well be the greatest british— think it could well be the greatest british sporting achievement of all time and _ british sporting achievement of all time and certainly one of the greatest _ time and certainly one of the greatest in sport in general. as rathei— greatest in sport in general. as rachel said, to go from being a qualifier— rachel said, to go from being a qualifier and the first of a qualifier and the first of a qualifier to win the us open to not 'ust qualifier to win the us open to not just winning the us open but cruising _ just winning the us open but cruising through it. she didn't drop a single _ cruising through it. she didn't drop a single set— cruising through it. she didn't drop a single set in the entire tournament and she's 18 years old. it's completely ridiculous. an amazing _ it's completely ridiculous. an amazing what she's been able to achieve — amazing what she's been able to achieve. she seems are grounded. i said last _ achieve. she seems are grounded. i said last night if i had been given £200 million check but she seems extremely— £200 million check but she seems extremely grounded and she has obviously— extremely grounded and she has obviously got great people around or who are _ obviously got great people around or who are going to keep her grounded, keeper— who are going to keep her grounded, keeper feet— who are going to keep her grounded, keeper feet on the ground. the who are going to keep her grounded, keeper feet on the ground.— keeper feet on the ground. the sky is the absolute _ keeper feet on the ground. the sky is the absolute limit. _ keeper feet on the ground. the sky is the absolute limit. i _ keeper feet on the ground. the sky is the absolute limit. i know - keeper feet on the ground. the sky is the absolute limit. i know that i is the absolute limit. i know that we like to get carried away with sports stars in this country but with have every reason to get carried away with emma raducanu. she has been an absolute diamond and she's got everything going for her going forward. the crowds just love her, don't they? i don't know if you

saw that video of herjoining in was singing sweet caroline yesterday put up singing sweet caroline yesterday put up it was lovely. let's turn to the front page of the eyes. boost your jobs or bust. the pms new covid plan. rachel? aha, jobs or bust. the pms new covid pian- rachel?— jobs or bust. the pms new covid lan. rachel? ~ , ., , plan. rachel? a couple of the papers have not plan. rachel? a couple of the papers have got this — plan. rachel? a couple of the papers have got this one _ plan. rachel? a couple of the papers have got this one on _ plan. rachel? a couple of the papers have got this one on the _ plan. rachel? a couple of the papers have got this one on the front - plan. rachel? a couple of the papers have got this one on the front page l have got this one on the front page of all that borisjohnson is going to make a speech and hold a press conference around his plans for where the coronavirus pandemic goes next and his response to that. so today as we watch the other papers we find out that vaccine passports in england are scrapped. so what next dan? what's going to be in that tool box to try and limit the spread of the virus? here it looks like boosterjab's of the virus? here it looks like booster jab's they of the virus? here it looks like boosterjab's they hope that the government will try and suppress the virus across the country for that we are expecting some kind of announcement on who will be eligible to those boosterjab at 1st. and when those might start. it also

notes that we might expect although we've heard this last weekend well, that we are expected in the next few days announcement around the vaccination of 12 to 15—year—olds and whether that will go ahead. obviously they decided that they didn't want to recommend rolling out the vaccine widely to that age group. a medical advisers across the nations in the uk have been looking at this. and we do expect kind of announcement on it when that might go ahead. that seems to be the crux of the story that the vaccine is still the way out of this pandemic. whether that is giving booster shots to those who are most vulnerable to this, whether that's people with illnesses or the elderly. also getting the younger groups vaccinated as well. we getting the younger groups vaccinated as well. ~ ., ., vaccinated as well. we heard from sarah gilbert _ vaccinated as well. we heard from sarah gilbert earlier— vaccinated as well. we heard from sarah gilbert earlier this _ vaccinated as well. we heard from sarah gilbert earlier this week - vaccinated as well. we heard from sarah gilbert earlier this week and she was part of the team that created the oxford astrazeneca job and she clearly said that they are just not needed at the moment will stop —— jab. i

just not needed at the moment will step -- jab-— stop -- 'ab. i think we have to look at, a stop -- jab. i think we have to look at, a bi stop -- jab. i think we have to look at. a big week _ stop -- jab. i think we have to look at, a big week for _ stop -- jab. i think we have to look at, a big week for boris _ stop -- jab. i think we have to look at, a big week for boris johnson, . stop -- jab. i think we have to look at, a big week for boris johnson, is at, a big week for borisjohnson, is going _ at, a big week for borisjohnson, is going to _ at, a big week for borisjohnson, is going to lay— at, a big week for borisjohnson, is going to lay out his plans for the winter~ — going to lay out his plans for the winter~ i— going to lay out his plans for the winter. i think a lot of people are concerned — winter. i think a lot of people are concerned and certainly very interested in what happens next in terms _ interested in what happens next in terms of— interested in what happens next in terms of government covid policy. i think— terms of government covid policy. i think will— terms of government covid policy. i think will have to frame a lot of this in— think will have to frame a lot of this in terms of their internal hattie — this in terms of their internal battle within the conservative party as well— battle within the conservative party as well for— battle within the conservative party as well for the and plans about vaccine — as well for the and plans about vaccine passports, that's a real uterine — vaccine passports, that's a real uterine from the government was up 'ust uterine from the government was up just a _ uterine from the government was up just a couple of days ago the vaccine — just a couple of days ago the vaccine minister was saying that this was— vaccine minister was saying that this was going to be brought in at the end _ this was going to be brought in at the end of— this was going to be brought in at the end of the month. —— u turn. i think that — the end of the month. —— u turn. i think that is — the end of the month. —— u turn. i think that is potentially got to do to some — think that is potentially got to do to some of the poles was seen recentiv — to some of the poles was seen recently. they are very much down the line _ recently. they are very much down the line of— recently. they are very much down the line of vaccines only as the option — the line of vaccines only as the option. javid said today that he obviously— option. javid said today that he obviously have to retain the option of potential further restrictions and other measures as we go into this really. — and other measures as we go into this really, really difficult. put up this really, really difficult. put up is — this really, really difficult. put up is not — this really, really difficult. put up is notjust about covid it's all the other— up is notjust about covid it's all the other illnesses, the flu, a resurgent _ the other illnesses, the flu, a resurgent illnesses that we are perhaps — resurgent illnesses that we are perhaps not develop the same level

of immunity through the glass. a lot of immunity through the glass. a lot of it up— of immunity through the glass. a lot of it up it's _ of immunity through the glass. a lot of it up it's a — of immunity through the glass. a lot of it up it's a big announcement for boris _ of it up it's a big announcement for borisjohnson tuesday. he's of it up it's a big announcement for boris johnson tuesday. he's clearly putting _ boris johnson tuesday. he's clearly putting his — boris johnson tuesday. he's clearly putting his eggs in the basket of boosters — putting his eggs in the basket of boosters and further vaccines. whether — boosters and further vaccines. whether that's correct, sarah gilbert — whether that's correct, sarah gilbert as— whether that's correct, sarah gilbert as you say doesn't necessarily think that's the way to lo, necessarily think that's the way to go. we _ necessarily think that's the way to go. we will— necessarily think that's the way to go, we will have to see. it's a real pivot _ go, we will have to see. it's a real pivot from — go, we will have to see. it's a real pivot from the government, i'd say. the eye _ pivot from the government, i'd say. the eye does mention the vaccine passports. what are your thoughts on that? i passports. what are your thoughts on that? 4' , ., that? i think the thing is, whatever our views that? i think the thing is, whatever yeur views are _ that? i think the thing is, whatever your views are on _ that? i think the thing is, whatever your views are on vaccine - that? i think the thing is, whatever. your views are on vaccine passports, have _ your views are on vaccine passports, have to _ your views are on vaccine passports, have to say _ your views are on vaccine passports, have to say personally, i haven't formed — have to say personally, i haven't formed a — have to say personally, i haven't formed a particularly strong view about— formed a particularly strong view about them. what it would say is that it _ about them. what it would say is that it shows a bit of chaos in government thinking. it was four days— government thinking. it was four days ago— government thinking. it was four days ago that the minister was saying — days ago that the minister was saying these are going to be rolled out at _ saying these are going to be rolled out at the — saying these are going to be rolled out at the end of the month. even today— out at the end of the month. even today before we heard on bbc and sky that he _ today before we heard on bbc and sky that he was _ today before we heard on bbc and sky that he was still reviewing it and then— that he was still reviewing it and then a _ that he was still reviewing it and then a few— that he was still reviewing it and then a few hours later he suddenly said we've — then a few hours later he suddenly said we've seen the evidence and we don't _ said we've seen the evidence and we don't need _ said we've seen the evidence and we don't need it— said we've seen the evidence and we don't need it anymore. it does bring across— don't need it anymore. it does bring across a _ don't need it anymore. it does bring across a chaotic approach to government policy on covid. i think a lot of— government policy on covid. i think a lot of it _ government policy on covid. i think a lot of it is — government policy on covid. i think a lot of it is down to what's going on in _ a lot of it is down to what's going on in terms —

a lot of it is down to what's going on in terms of polling. for the first— on in terms of polling. for the first time _ on in terms of polling. for the first time we've seen in polling that tories are haemorrhaging in terms _ that tories are haemorrhaging in terms of— that tories are haemorrhaging in terms of poles that's a social care announcement, we know that that is developed _ announcement, we know that that is developed into a big puzzle with the backbenchers for them and you've got to wonder— backbenchers for them and you've got to wonder if— backbenchers for them and you've got to wonder if perhaps boris johnson and javid _ to wonder if perhaps boris johnson and javid just don't want another fight _ and javid just don't want another fight with— and javid just don't want another fight with the backbenchers we know many _ fight with the backbenchers we know many of _ fight with the backbenchers we know many of them are strongly against vaccine _ many of them are strongly against vaccine passports. you got to frame all of— vaccine passports. you got to frame all of this— vaccine passports. you got to frame all of this within the conservative party— all of this within the conservative party polling. all of this within the conservative party petting-— party polling. vaccine passports coin: party polling. vaccine passports geing ahead _ party polling. vaccine passports geing ahead in _ party polling. vaccine passports going ahead in scotland. - party polling. vaccine passports going ahead in scotland. yes. i party polling. vaccine passports i going ahead in scotland. yes. this mornin: going ahead in scotland. yes. this merning we _ going ahead in scotland. yes. this morning we heard _ going ahead in scotland. yes. this morning we heard from _ going ahead in scotland. yes. this morning we heard from nicola - morning we heard from nicola sturgeon afterjavid had said the poles were likely to be scrapped. also her deputy who said despite the decision in england that vaccine passports will go ahead in scotland. the decision to bring those into scotland to come later than the uk government and thatjust scotland to come later than the uk government and that just went through parliament last week. it was put through by the smp government, it was opposed by all the other parties. it has led to quite a lot

of poles today, the decision by the uk government is led to a number of poles for nickel or sturgeon to scrap vaccine passports as well for that there's a lot of concern around businesses, how will this be rolled out, what technology will be used? there's been a lot of concerned around the app that's spain developed in scotland. the authorities are today they didn't think that they could check everybody�*s vaccine passports so it would be spot checks. nightclubs are obviously concerned, what's is going to do their business? the scottish governments don't think this is the best way of trying to encourage those younger age groups, 18 to 29—year—olds to get vaccinated. which we have seen quite a slowdown in the uptake of those age groups this is really a method to try and persuade more people to get vaccinated. whether they the best of the plant will come into force in october, the october the 1st that they will start, whether that guilt don't know. they could be a dramatic

u—turn in scotland as well. there is still two weeks for that to happen. the front page of the financial times. i imagine this grabbed your attention, liam. more mayors, the key to tackling regional inequality so says robertjen req. still key to tackling regional inequality so says robert jen req.— so says robert jen req. still little bit surprised _ so says robert jen req. still little bit surprised by _ so says robert jen req. still little bit surprised by this. _ so says robert jen req. still little bit surprised by this. i _ so says robert jen req. still little bit surprised by this. i think - so says robert jen req. still little bit surprised by this. i think for i bit surprised by this. i think for many— bit surprised by this. i think for many of— bit surprised by this. i think for many of us _ bit surprised by this. i think for many of us in areas that are currently— many of us in areas that are currently served by mayors and regionai— currently served by mayors and regional mayors weeds feel that this iocaiism _ regional mayors weeds feel that this localism agenda from the tories has really— localism agenda from the tories has really stalled recently. i think we have _ really stalled recently. i think we have in _ really stalled recently. i think we have in the liverpool city region we have in the liverpool city region we have a _ have in the liverpool city region we have a metro mayor and of course there _ have a metro mayor and of course there is— have a metro mayor and of course there is burnham and greater manchester. many people felt particularly during the last year in the covid — particularly during the last year in the covid battles that went on and everyone — the covid battles that went on and everyone will remember andy burnham and the _ everyone will remember andy burnham and the steps in manchester taking the fight _ and the steps in manchester taking the fight to the government and a lot of— the fight to the government and a lot of people felt a boris johnson had gone — lot of people felt a boris johnson had gone quiet on the issue. and wasn't _ had gone quiet on the issue. and wasn't a — had gone quiet on the issue. and wasn't a big fan because he got quite _ wasn't a big fan because he got quite burned there. andy burnham was of powerful— quite burned there. andy burnham was of powerful performer and i think andy— of powerful performer and i think andy burnham said something along

lines that— andy burnham said something along lines that the government want people — lines that the government want people regional mayoral positions apart— people regional mayoral positions apart from when they answer back. it's interesting to hear that he wants— it's interesting to hear that he wants more mayors. i think what people _ wants more mayors. i think what people in— wants more mayors. i think what people in my region would say is that if— people in my region would say is that if you're going to provide the position. — that if you're going to provide the position. if— that if you're going to provide the position, if you have to provide the powers _ position, if you have to provide the powers and — position, if you have to provide the powers and the funding you've got to -ive powers and the funding you've got to give these _ powers and the funding you've got to give these people a chance. because for many— give these people a chance. because for many people it feels like widespread cuts to local government, they have _ widespread cuts to local government, they have really got the chance to really _ they have really got the chance to really develop their regions in the way that— really develop their regions in the way that the powers and the powers to allow _ way that the powers and the powers to allow them to do that. yes, it's all well— to allow them to do that. yes, it's all well and — to allow them to do that. yes, it's all well and good giving these kind of figurehead positions, you got to -ive of figurehead positions, you got to give them — of figurehead positions, you got to give them the money and you got to -ive give them the money and you got to give him _ give them the money and you got to give him the power to really shape their locai— give him the power to really shape their local areas. give him the power to really shape their localareas. | give him the power to really shape their local areas.— their local areas. i don't think there dene — their local areas. i don't think there done that _ their local areas. i don't think there done that yet. - their local areas. i don't think there done that yet. i - their local areas. i don't think there done that yet. i wanted| their local areas. i don't think i there done that yet. i wanted to quickly, take us to the front page of the guardian. parents demand radical change to make childcare affordable. i radical change to make childcare affordable. ~ . . radical change to make childcare affordable. ~ , , ., radical change to make childcare affordable. ~ , ., , affordable. i think this is a really interesting _ affordable. i think this is a really interesting story. _ affordable. i think this is a really interesting story. it's _ affordable. i think this is a really interesting story. it's one - affordable. i think this is a really interesting story. it's one of- affordable. i think this is a really i interesting story. it's one of those issues that we are all aware of is one of the quotes in the paper assays for mums this is an issue thatis assays for mums this is an issue that is hidden in plain sight for

years. this is a kind of trail of a debate that will happen at west minister this week around childcare and the cost of this. it's something that families across the uk will look at and say yeah, this affects me, this is a problem that affects my everyday life. but childcare is a huge issue for those families that do require it. it's something that with many things in the pandemic, we are looking at the cost of social care and how that was up and other areas of services and provisions that people need of it seems like something that could be looked at as well. ~ , ., �* something that could be looked at as well. . , ., �* something that could be looked at as well. ~ , ., �* ., well. why don't we look at this aaain in well. why don't we look at this again in the — well. why don't we look at this again in the next _ well. why don't we look at this again in the next edition - well. why don't we look at this again in the next edition of the papers because we just ran out of time. this is a big story for so many parents. but we will leave it there for now. liam and rachel will be back at 11.30 for another look at the papers. goodbye for now.

hey, welcome to click. let me hit you straightaway with a buzzword that you might have heard being thrown around recently. lara, are you ready for a buzzword? always ready. ok: the metaverse. what do you think of the idea? ah, mark zuckerberg's vision that it won't be long before we're all working, playing and living in this whole virtual universe. it reminds me of second life from about 15 years ago, remember that? yeah, i do, i do. this was an early realisation of the sci—fi idea that's been around for as long as i can remember.

but the tech wasn't up to it then. it wasn't, but of course things have moved along. we look a lot better online and we used to, i have to say. i guess it balances out the ageing bit. but the last 18 months have felt a bit like living in a virtual world, so i got mixed feelings about this — because is this actually the last thing people want right now? or could it potentially help with some of the isolation and other challenges? well, zuckerberg certainly seems to think we're ready. he's now talking about facebook "evolving" from a social media company into a metaverse company, which begs the question — what are you on about, mark? well, here with metaverse 101, marc cieslak invites you to enrol in click�*s metaversity. the metaverse has been described as what comes after the internet. in its simplest terms, it's a social hub where users can interact with one another as avatars across a host of digital worlds.

is any of this starting to sound familiar? a lot of companies are talking about creating a metaverse, in that they want to become a platform where people can exist at all times. they want to create social spaces where people can come and hang out with their friends, they can watch movies, they can do everything that they were doing in their normal life but within that platform. almost like the movie ready player one, in a way. this is the oasis. it's a place where the limits of reality are your own imagination. steven spielberg's 2018 movie adaptation of ernest klein's novel of the same name tells the tale of a downtrodden teen hero who escapes the dystopian sprawl of a near—future america by spending as much time as possible online in a multiplayer virtual world — a place which mashes up characters and pop culture themes from movies, comics and games. it was another sci—fi novel that coined the phrase metaverse,

though — neal stephenson's 1992 book snow crash, which also has a hero who's got a crummy life who escapes into a virtual world, the metaverse. hollywood—style vr does sort of exist today, championed by an australian outfit cold zero latency. the closest that we have to free roaming vr is this spatial virtual reality set—up from a company called meatspace vr. i have a backpack here which contains a computer, a vr headset, and this rifle, which has controllers in it. the headset looks for markers on the floor to figure out where it is in three—dimensional space. here, i'm solving puzzles in a mindbending aztec temple in an experience called engineerium. i don't have any sensation that the floor is moving,

but my brain kind of thinks that it is. i can sample shooting stuff in the vr version of blockbuster action franchise far cry. that was intense! with the headset and headphones on, i am completely immersed in these virtual experiences. part of the reason we're hearing so much about the metaverse is because technology like this now exists. richard bartle was there at the very dawn of multiplayer experiences in 1978. he was one of the brains behind the world's first multiplayer virtual world, the text adventure multi user dungeon, or mud. now a professor of computer game design at university of essex, bartles believes there's a specific set of rules which define the idea of the metaverse. ok, so, the metaverse is essentially a marketing concept. we have universes which are

self—contained realities, then we have multiverses, which are realities that you can move between, so they're effectively the same reality. and then we have a metaverse, which is all one reality, but it has got a whole bunch of other ones interconnected. so as an example, something like world of warcraft is a universe, you can't take anything into or out of world of warcraft, it's self—contained. something like roblox, or roblox, however you want to pronounce it, is a multiverse. your character, you can move from one interior world to another interior world. the metaverse, however, means that you can move from one universe to another universe. so you can in theory have a character in a metaverse which will move from world of warcraft to eve online to final fantasy xiv. um, that's the theory.

whether it will work in practice is another matter. games give us a glimpse of what a potential metaverse might look like, but there's a bigger question driving the recent interest in this idea, and that is who or what will have control over the platform. imagine back in the day when we had the internet, there were companies vying to be the internet. there were about five of them in america. they were information providers, they called themselves. ultimately it didn't work. they had to accept that the internet was a standalone platform for communicating. but the metaverse, that's another thing entirely, because if you control the platform, then you control all that goes on within it. so if everybody did pile into roblox and they did all build all their worlds in roblox, then roblox would own the metaverse. fortunes rise and fall

in the world of technology. companies taking those first steps down a long road to creating the metaverse might not even be around when and if the idea becomes a reality. come on, where are you at? these are the first facebook glasses, a partnership with the luxury eyewear brand ray—ban. it's no secret that facebook has been working on augmented reality glasses that can project images into your eyes, and these glasses... do none of that. record scratch. these are basicallyjust a pair of glasses with cameras on them. they're actually very similar to the snapchat spectacles that were released in 2016, although every time i mentioned that to facebook, they insisted this is a very different product. to use them, you press the button to take a video, press and hold to take a photograph, and you can also use voice commands like "hey, facebook, take a video."

there are also some built—in speakers so you can use them to listen to music or make phone calls, although when i tried that on the noisy high street, they were nowhere near loud enough to be remotely useful. so i'm going to focus on the cameras. now, the idea behind these is that you can leave your phone in your bag but still have a way to capture little moments hands—free as and when they arise. and i quite like that as a concept. so taking it at face value, i tried them out over the weekend. i met up with some friends, i went to a concert, i took loads of footage. and then when i came to download it to my phone, the glasses had corrupted, and all the footage was lost. so you're not getting any of that. instead, here's my last—minute backup option of meeting a friend for coffee in the park. the specs record these square videos and nothing is automatically posted to facebook or livestreamed. instead, you download the clips at the end of the day and you can post them wherever you like. facebook says one use case is if you have children, and i can see that being useful because you can put your phone away but still capture some nice moments.

i took this video of a dog taking a swim and i think the footage looks pretty good. here's the same moment captured on my smartphone. i think the smartphone version looks better. lots of people have questions about privacy, and i can see why they've branded these ray—ban stories rather than facebook glasses or insta specs. ultimately, if somebody�*s inclined to take hidden footage in a changing room, they can do that with a phone already, they don't need to spend $300 on a pair of glasses. but even so, i thought they might be a bit more obvious when recording video, because they do just look like an ordinary pair of ray—bans. there is an led that lights up when you're recording, but maybe it's too subtle. my housemate thought it was just a reflection on the glasses. it could have been a red flashing recording light. and in comparison, the snapchat specs were a lot more obvious when recording. so i called facebook�*s head of ar and vr, andrew bosworth, to ask him about privacy. i mean, i think to some degree we deal with this today. you've got mobile phones that people have out there that all have cameras on them, and so there is a degree to which our goal was to be,

you know, at least more overt than what people are doing today with their phones. so i think there's a lot more opportunities really for bystanders to know. and this wasn't something we left to chance. we knew this was one of the most important things get right. there's been a lot of talk about facebook bringing out full augmented reality glasses with the display in them. is this just a sort of stopgap to get people used to the idea of everybody wearing camera glasses? we really want to have a conversation, a dialogue, with consumers around the world, on, yeah — what are the standards and expectations they have for the types of computers we're going to wear in the future? and this is really our first foray into putting something on somebody�*s face. and we're really excited about it and seeing how people react to it. i think it's a great product, i've been using it myself, but it's the first in a series of products that give people more functionality and more capability through a pair of glasses.

that was chris talking to boz at facebook. how weird. i really was expecting those glasses to be augmented reality glasses, weren't you? yes, it's not like the technology doesn't exist. there's even those smart swimming goggles where you get your data in real—time underwater. i know, right? so maybe the tech just isn't quite compact enough for real glasses just yet. i tell you what, though, in the full—length version of this week's programme you can see something that's even more sci—fi than the metaverse and augmented reality. go and watch it on iplayer right now. that's it from the short version. throughout the week, you can keep up with us on social media, find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter @bbcclick. thanks for watching, and we'll see you soon. bye— bye.

hello weather system bringing plenty of crowd cloud across next couple days. western parts for monday more widespread at least in england by tuesday. so wales, western parts of england, northern ireland, southern and western scotland, cloudy and some patchy rain around. some studies bills in northeast scotland, a lot of clout in eastern england but it will be largely dry and a few brighter breaks in east anglia and southeast england up to around 20 here, many places stay into the mid to high teens. overnight and into tuesday then we are going to see some outbreaks of rain become a little bit more widespread for the particularly with some heavier burst pushing up from the south into england. a rather mild night with temperatures in the mid—teens comma's zero—sum clears thousands scotland for the brain slowly clearing wales on tuesday for some heavier burst of central and eastern parts of england could see a little

of that reign through southern and eastern scotland, one or two showers in northern ireland. temperatures edging up a little bit, 21 in cardiff by then.

�*welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. as the first aid from the world food programme arrives in afghanistan — since the taliban captured the capital — we have a special report from the pakistan border — on the worsening refugee crisis. anyone could give me a home or place to stay, pave the way for me to study to do what i want and i will 100% do that. no doubt about it. iran and the un nuclear inspection agency strike a deal on monitoring some iranian nuclear facilities — in talks described as constructive. we remember the first racially—motivated hate crime — the murder of balbir singh sodhi — in the backlash against

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