The goal of the workshop weekend is to think about and discuss with all participants how a future society could look like in which the metaverse is established as a digital infrastructure. The collected ideas will then become part of a larger comparative research project with the goal of exploring desirable societal developments in the context of digitalization and technologization.
During the workshop, participants will first work together to develop a common knowledge base regarding the concept of the metaverse. Using various design research and ideation methods, the participants then develop product concepts for a possible future Metaverse society in groups. In this way, a Metaverse future scenario is created. These concepts are then implemented in the form of a Speculative Design prototype and discussed with each other.
As a participant, you will learn to apply methods from the design discipline to ethically reflect about new technologies. You will gain experience in cooperatively ideating alternative fictional future visions. With your group, you will learn how to transfer your speculative visions into design prototypes.