Janos created four avatars symbolising whom she would like to see in the metaverse. Known for building augmented and virtual realities to transgress the oppression of the physical world, Huntrezz’s avatars include a jewellery-laden digiballer and a virtual therapist who works with their patients in an ‘infinite Zen Garden’ meditating on clouds.
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A Vibe Called Tech also commissioned an essay by Williesha Morris around the issues facing the Black community in the metaverse which artist afro-surrealist digital artist Serwah Attafuah illustrated.
Morris’s article acknowledges the issues facing the Black community in the metaverse, some being the same in the real world: appropriation, misuse, and financial discrimination – whilst also looking ahead with a sense of optimism at this burgeoning space which could offer abundant opportunity to the creativity of the Black community.
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