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a physical crowd. travel without worrying about lost luggage and date without the embarrassment of sweaty hats, life changing technology. that's what we're talking about today in made in germany . later in the show will be looking at china's driverless cars. whether flying taxis are finally ready for take off. and autonomous freight in switzerland. but 1st, we start with the secrets of the met averse. you might be surprised to hear this, but the idea of life in an immersive 3 di digital environment doesn't appeal to everybody. that's according to audience research firm g, w, i. a global survey, it launch show that 40 percent of respondents said they were simply not interested in the matter verse. many just prefer the real world to an artificial one and over 20 percent of those surveyed said they were worried about data protection in this

brave new world. now not everyone might be raring to dive into the multiverse. what we did find someone was emilia hamp hill, has this report for us me. we finally reached the age of the matter. the idea is that we'll soon be using this interactive virtual reality well, where we can play games, work shop and communicate together in real time. perfect marks talk about is so convinced that v r is the future with that he's rebranded his whole company as matter. now we have a new norm to help bring the better versus de la musk is less enthusiastic and see someone's dropping the brigand screen to their face all day. and no one to it. never leave i. it seems no way. and some tech leaders have even warned that the

matter of us has the potential to be the most dangerous technology. since the invention of nuclear weapons, none of this is stopped. businesses from piling in virtual world investment greenberg, to demette of us market could be worth $800000000000.00 by 2024. everyone it seems wants to get in on the action. so i found myself to be all had sent. got involved to. wow. i seen it can here. so let's start with the virtual working. you can connect your laptop or computer screens and if you're feeling a bit lonely, no tropical mountain office matters, horizon work cream to meet up with your colleague. this is basically the virtual reality version of the place where the advertise famously have no legs. after all that work, it felt like time to something social. a us start up the planet data is pioneering online, dating in the math of us. hello, chris,

my virtual days. lovely to meet you. nice to meet you. so my advertise going that route here. we've set up a number of places to be able to either organically meet new people or through our micro dating, which is it over here to your left in the v i p area. it's like a quick kind of speed date. and if it goes well then they can go on to a coffee date that's a little bit longer. and if that goes well, then you can get together and go to the different dating areas. chris took me to the enchanted forest where your avatar can go on a scenic war, can chat. when you're in the b r set up and you can see their hands moving in their through their, their body moving. you see these, these queue that a lot of non verbal cues and you're able to get a feel for chemistry without giving away any of your privacy, any of your information. to worry about getting catfish to fight my avatar or something like that. well, there's always that room just like an in india,

they could try to be dishonest about what they look like or who they are, but that won't lead to a successful relationship. most people who try planet theater are not hoping to have a mentor. verse only relationship that they're hoping to use this as a tool to meet people. chris also tells me that planning to introduce in, well, comedy shows a casino and maybe even a movie, you have to be verified as over 18 to enter planet data. but what about security or rational once you're in that? so how do you moderate people, the thing with things? you just silence them. that's right. if you silence them, you can't hear him anymore and there'll be another button that makes them actually disappear. so you won't even be able to see them. i think it will find real low on air in the matter. oh, i guarantee it. people have already dated that we're in our play test, but we are confident that there's going to be a lot of people who are going to meet in a way that just wouldn't that were they would not have connected on

a traditional dating out sports and fitness is a big selling point for the art, but the headset is quite big and heavy. so i can't imagine doing this for a long time. what about some boxing woo, may be some bowling instead. ah, a big challenge i found with the mattress so far is that it's quite hard to navigate. there are so many virtual worlds and different platforms to try. you end up having to create a new avatar for each experience and then constantly paying to download separate applications and games. the most popular virtual worlds by far still the big interact of games like roblox fortnight and league legend. if you want more freedom and fewer rules, you centralized matter of us game worlds like sam box or

d central and run using block chain technology. this means that users can own and control parts of the environment. you have to use crypto tokens to buy things like digital clothes for your avatar or virtual land if you want to stop building your very own met diverse empire the rapper snoop dog has created a virtual ranch in the sandbox, mcgrath. he shot a recent music video, there is planning some concepts and also throws exclusive parties to attend those. you have to purchase one of his limited edition and f t party passes. so i can't give you a sneak preview of what goes on there. unfortunately, for the companies and brands willing to get creative, there's big financial opportunity here. but where's the best place to start? i got in touch with charles hamburrow, the seo of a market intelligence platform, called geek. they analyze metabolic data and help brands develop their entry strategy. i think the winners are the ones that treat this space authentically,

and really look at this as a long time opportunity. inside virtual environments, the business model isn't advertising, that's not how riot gains makes money. they make money for the pairs, so when a brand gets involved, they have to really think about this quite costly and enrich the experience, add value to the experience. so we partner brands like gucci with the sports organizations, tommy hilfiger, for example. we've put them inside the world of roblox and created a virtual environments where individuals can interact with tommy hilfiger, brian. but what's very interesting about that is tommy hilfiger working with content crazes from the community to actually co create digital products with a friend. right now my v, our budget doesn't quite stretch to kicking out my avatar in trendy design again. but one experience i am intrigued by is digital concept allows you to attend night

concord through both in the virtual world. it was founded by mist face engineer mary b o. back in 2015. and at that time was everything was really limited to gaming. and so i said, wow, because of the social nature of the metaphors, i knew immediately that would be perfect for everything that you do in a communal fashion, such as going to a concert which is going to a sports gain. i think that there are huge opportunities for small companies pick. for example, feet we have these humongous mass of virtual arenas. we have an unlimited capacity. the metaphors goes way beyond v r. it's also creating avatars is creating a whole commerce around our digital twin. but as we all know, wherever the commerce going on this going to be security issues, we're going to risk taking in here without even realizing every type of bad

behavior as we see and the physical world can be done in the met averse. i think people do not realize the amounts, the kinds, the sources of data that some of the companies are collecting on us or that thong yeah, algorithms will tailor what we see, how we see it, what is a given to us. you have the potential for skin ability, it's going to be of the good, but also scalability of the evil am. well, the potential of the matter, verse is huge. i was perfectly happy to get back to the real world again. maybe i need to reconsider that's neutral party and f t. i remember those early days when we used to refer to the internet as the information super highway, well, digitally driven cars as an unshared furred by humans are soon making their way on

to actual highways. now we've been hearing that for a while, but by do sometimes called china's google has kicked it's autonomy vehicle project into high gear, hoping to leave america test thought in the dust bay. jane correspondent, i'm isn't here. so hit the road. ah, china striving his car seem to be going from 0 to 100. he's one is in his u. v. where the driver and even steering wheel are optional. search engine turn a i developer by do unveiled a model just last week. and some of its older models are re been piloted on beijing ropes. toola east founder, a managing director of sino auto insights, a beijing base auto industry consultancy firm. when we talk about rural taxes that still far a ways out, he says that chinese companies, what consumers to get familiar with the cost by 1st offering them as right hailing

services like goober, or db except robotic. but real life hazards could delay full commercialization by many years. specifically in china, there are a lot of scenarios where we wouldn't see them in germany where we might have a cell unsure or delivery vehicle or motorbike that's crossing lanes without the proper notification and things like that. and so we're still quite a ways away from point to point where you call a car like a dd. there's no driver in it, it picks you up and it takes you anywhere you want to go in. any weather in any season by do claims is newer models have level 4 autonomous capabilities requiring no human interaction. but right is surprisingly smooth. that some point we run into other cars into motor bikes, into pedestrians. and the car has been able to successfully maneuver by itself by shampoo cap, timothy taylor was until we ran into some illegally part cars and an arrow road that for the bravo taxi drive against the traffic. here,

innovation was required. chinese autonomous vehicles could following the path of electric vehicles and be exported overseas that concerns over data collection good getting the way china europe and the u. s. are all racing to write laws that govern they use. these could prevent smart cars from using a vast amounts of data, adding these ranges from mapping data to voice says in vicious like phases and license plates collected by own board, cameron sensors, especially around sensitive areas, including military zones and government ages, underscore in some of those concerns china has been buried tesla from parts of the country. i top chinese leaders visit disregard chinese. driverless car makers may be better poised to dominate their whole market. even the foreign players can adapt to chinese data loss. it's still unclear to what extent can make significant in roads. what you'll likely see is the bifurcation chinese companies and in american companies dominating in their perspective loan regions and then may be

competing for regions like europe, south america, some like chinese. and just a policy expert, michael freak glass state farther seen is simply about project. and national power economic goals are not the beatles eagles, national security, main goal is so the power competition between the countries. that's what's the pursuit. and these policies are not you know, hoster in the auto finance vehicle market. we roll out of our thomas vehicles now happening in both china and the us. the battle for tech supremacy. good. moving into the streets and from the streets to the sky is air attacks, eas, could be ready for take off in the foreseeable future management consultancy role.

on burgers says that around 5000 of these airborne vessels could be in circulation by 2030 and by 2050. that number consort beyond 160000. our reporter miguel ads and hannah visited one company from munich here in germany. who wants a lift off or it's flying ferries before others can claim air supremacy. ah, this is the next big thing when it comes to getting a bounce. it's an electrically powered attack. see, and they could see me thousands like it in our skies. germans don't up. liam is competing with around a 100 companies worldwide to develop the best technology and be the 1st ticket it's aircraft approved for use. we're at the atlas test center in spain. normally, activities here, a top secret, but today for the 1st time,

we're allowed to bring our camera in. company founder daniel reagan's wants to show us what lilian's phoenix to prototype can do to and cindy test, the test flights are incredibly important to us so that we can test the physics of the aircraft as of how the control software relates to the arden amex from the structure and the error, but we also wanna test how our operations procedures function. and so the during the certification program, i mean we can conduct a test as efficiently as possible and look tests. the phoenix 2 is projected to cost around $4000000.00 euros. the prototype still flies without a pilots. it steered remotely from this control point. 30 engineers and software experts attend each test flight d,

the fluke east. riverside is a new chapter. no use copy to. first flying is like testing the boundaries one larisse and then the next mix. you also have to be ready to take a step back in a bit ice and i hope to have you done. she took it half to several hours of preparation. everything is ready. 36 electro rotors 1st lift the aircraft vertically into the then they turn horizontally. i did that, so i don't know begun is proud of his unique concept, but some experts is skeptical about whether the electro jet will really be able to achieve it. promised 250 kilometer range. the taxi has room for one pilots and 6 passengers. lillian hopes to start sales as early as 2025. if in your internet, i'm an engineer. i understand the physics behind the aircraft and when i look at it

as flying, it's even like a miracle to me. how the whole team built this to operate safely. this looks like he had some time. this sounds up recently went public. it has ambitious aim. daniel began to certain that in just a few years, his company will have a $1000000000.00 turnover. axis could offer an alternative to base cars and trains that immediately stones and noise allow us to set up a new regional transport in which we connect cities with the helpful vertical take off electric aircraft at far higher speed than as possible with ground traffic and board and transport chassis can that who will be able to afford this form of travel . experts say initially just business travelers and wealthy individuals that could soon change thus know it because the new mobility system offer by air taxes

will only be successful long term the month if it is accessible and affordable for al. but even, that's why the sectors working on gaining exceptions among the population as well as an early mass production of to currently lower costs. there were still questions like, where will the aircraft take off and land and what about noise pollution? what's clear is that the new technology will be climate friendly. oh hi. this is called august sundays and product is to the aircraft is emissions free, which is a huge 1st step. you think actually the next step involves being able to prove that we can make its production and the recycling of the vehicle and its batteries. but similarly sustainable implies not hybrid mancha. for now, the phoenix to will head back to the hangar was it will be flying regularly over the spanish olive groves, testing the bounds of reality blue

. so back on terra firma now, anti very earthly problems. companies, especially those who produce consumer goods like food, clothes, or furniture, are always confronted with a challenge of logistics. thousands of delivery trucks ply, kilometers of road every day to bring products to stores, and often get stuck in traffic in the process. but switzerland may have hit upon an ingenious solution. our reporter, milltown schmidt, has the story ah, has switzerland taking inspiration from its own cheese. the smiths are expert tunnel builders. they use that knowledge to solve many transport obstacles on their mountainous roads. now they want to build another tunnel solely for the transport of goods. it's designed to relieve traffic, protect the environment, and save energy, like everywhere else in the world's traffic jams,

a common here that means a lot of energy gets wasted. but there's plenty of space under grounds. driverless vehicles which transport containers on 3 lanes swiss companies have joined forces to build them much project, although it's wednesday night. so there'll be 3 lanes in the tunnel. hm. and the vehicles will be on wheels not on rails. as many people assume livingston and di meter in the middle lane would be for sorting and short term storage. put that we called buffering him and sequencing. although it's not an overtaking line, but hold more like a slow down lane, so to speak. and so to soften the tunnel begins at the country's largest airport in zurich. that's where a lot of air freight arrives. the initial tunnel will be 70 kilometers long. a whole network will follow later. construction is very expensive. 3000000000 euros have been budgeted for the 70 kilometers,

all financed with private money. to sit down, we're well on track. lot, they're still work to be done. we have time guides. it's important for the investors that renewable energy are used to power them, make a project i've been about switched off a long term solution above all else. it has to be sustainable and energy efficient design. and if it's yet, but term is become a bit over used, but this really is an issue that's driving us in the transport on the street from tribe in that 104 songs when we're designing something new. it's one of our biggest arguments is that the carbon footprint of this, our new mode of transport is acceptable, is us know, in transport madrid. shouldn't the operate is promised, they'll use only renewable energy, but will the tunnel be financially viable? ultimately, that depends on how successful it is on middle has only i personally can't imagine

it operating at a profit any time soon on this and stuff is for, for infrastructure projects don't pay off over 3 years and maybe over 30 or 50 of them can see the investment, so simply to high without government subsidies, there may be no light at the end of this tunnel. now after that journey and to the high tech universe, it's worth asking, what happens to low tech? i don't have a landline, most of my friends don't, but i guarantee you have people in your life who still deal. and if they matter to you, maybe you shouldn't be so quick to confine low. it's her communication to the da spin of history and forget the skills that come with it. luckily olaf krieger is here to remind us. just how that works again. what's that?

oh yes you use to commute there used to be once with bottles, rotary dials even crate. the younger generation couldn't do much with the stairs. to day people message, zoom and post. they use things like what's up but whatever the method of communication etiquette is important.

hello was that what he won? again, that's not right. how should you answer the phone? smile, even though the other person can see you it can sense your moody expression. put a smile, your voice kreger. oh. if it were seldom suddenly for what for you. so what's important be, friend play, that's the most important thing. speak clearly and slowly so that you easily understood and finally give the other person the sense that you're interested and take them seriously. and by the way, you don't always have to answer the phone, but didn't always answer either. duty didn't do duty. and

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