https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230525141230.htm > For Diego Gómez-Zará, an assistant professor in the University of Notre Dame's Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the metaverse is something else: a tool for better science. > In "The Promise and Pitfalls of the Metaverse for Science," published in Nature Human Behavior, Gómez-Zará argues that scientists should take advantage of the metaverse for research while also guarding against the potential hazards that come with working in virtual reality.