Over 70% Are Positive About Police Officers on Metaverse Reducing Crime Rates

We all witness the pace at which technology is evolving and its power to create a futuristic digital world, especially with Metaverse now providing reality in a virtual world. During the pandemic, social distancing was a health protocol, eventually causing everyone to miss in-person interactions. But with technological advancements, Metaverse brought a range of real-world capabilities to its users.

Metaverse reality could only get as far as virtual reality, and virtual crimes will likely receive virtual punishments such as restricting a user’s account. But what if virtual crimes like Metaverse Murders could incur charges in the real world? Hence, Real Research launched a survey on Metaverse Murders being ‘Policed,’ UAE Tech Minister suggests. Here are the results.

Highlights:

• 86.3% have heard of Metaverse technology
• 70.04% think action against crimes in the metaverse will reduce real-world crime rates
• 80.15% say crimes committed in the metaverse are as severe as in real life.

The Metaverse Police Are Coming

The survey starts by asking the respondents if they have heard of the Metaverse. In reply, 86.30% are aware, while 13.70% still haven’t heard of it.

In detail, respondents have different opinions regarding UAE ‘avatar’ police officers on the Metaverse platform. The idea is they will be available to interact and answer questions from the public and discuss use-cases of the technology.

64.34% think the UAE police are taking advantage of the Metaverse technology, whereas 14.47% think it is unnecessary. Others (13.43%) expect more interaction with the police, and 6.61% think having multiple channels to get officials to answer queries can confuse the public.

UAE Officials on Metaverse Murders

Furthermore, the UAE tech minister suggested laws that will prevent people from committing crimes on the Metaverse platform. Specifically, they want strict actions against these so-called Metaverse Murders.

As the survey asks the respondents’ opinions on whether they think it will help reduce crime rates, 70.04% agree it will, while 10.23% say it would not make any difference. However, 19.73% remain unsure.

People had somehow experienced the concept of Metaverse with virtual multiplayer games. Aside from it, other possible sectors can apply metaverse technology, so the survey asks respondents for their opinions. The responses are the following: Education & Training (49.32%), Events (20.62%), Advertising, Branding, and Marketing (11.34%), Security and Emergency Response (9.02%), and Offices and Meetings (8.49%).

Moreover, the survey asks how likely respondents are to use metaverse technology in real use-case scenarios. Here, 46.52% say it is highly likely, and 17.50% say it is likely to happen. On the other hand, 5.34% say it is highly unlikely, and 7.43% say it is unlikely. Yet, 23.22% remain neutral.

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Virtual Crimes But Real World Charges

As Metaverse Murders became one on top of the list of issues for the UAE, accordingly, the survey asks if virtual crimes like killing another human, so-called Metaverse Murders, should be considered as severe as in real-life crimes. In response, 80.15% say yes, whereas 19.85% say Metaverse Murders possess no severity, unlike real-world crimes.

To conclude, the survey asks whether crimes committed on the metaverse platform, such as Metaverse Murders, should have severe real-life punishments. It turns out that 4.68% agree with it and say that Metaverse Murders are crimes no matter where they occur. Others at 13.41% don’t agree with it and say it should not be taken seriously as a real-life crime, while 21.91% remain unsure.