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  • A person wearing Vr glasses, standing on a wood board in front of a screen

    I’ve been to Härnosänd and seen the future of urban planning – through a VR Headset. And it will soon be coming your way.

    The METACITY Action Planning Network has gotten 10 cities thinking about the future of urban planning and how can new digital technologies, such as the metaverse or Artificial Intelligence (AI), contribute to shape it. As the Lead Expert of the network, I have travelled to one of the Partner Cities – Härnosänd in Sweden - and discovered that virtual reality can be both magnificent and scary.

    Eurico Neves

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