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“Iona lifestream”?— IO.na (aka Iona Taylor) the popular twitch VR “life streamer” finally lands her 3rd date with Jackson. With IO.na wearing AR glasses 18/7, a record 150m people tune in to watch PFV and provide realtime advice to her life stream during the date. Her makeup and wardrobe sponsorship alone for the date is expected to net her $15m.

“Ghost trAIn death”?— Realtime Halloween AI VR experience, ‘Ghost TrAIn’ uses AI generated psychological VR imagery linked with smartwatch heart rate sensor to train the algorithm in what personally scares each user. VR imagery then becomes progressively scarier and personal. Most users can’t last more than 20 minutes. Wisconsin man Geoff Tandridge was hospitalised after spending 1h45m minutes in Ghost Train having turned safeties off on a jailbroken headset —he is now reported to have died of cardiac arrest.

“MITUOM TDM”?— The eSports team deathmatch World Metaversity Cup final between MIT (USA) and University of Manchester (UK) is eagerly anticipated. Pre-match trash-talking between the teams and arguments over a neutral hosting location for fair ping has only added to the tension. VR shadow spectators are now only allowed on a 3 minute lag to avoid tipping off the teams.

“randy sandy”?— There are calls for an investigation after US presidential candidate Sarah “sandy” Colman was accused of inappropriate interactions with the avatar of a young woman after a Metaverse campaign rally last Thursday. The police have been criticised after they were unable to attain VR replay of the incident, despite the 2030 Metaverse Bill stating all public Metaverse events must be VR Recorded, archived for 10 years and made available to VR crime units on warrant.

“Queen ripoff”?— Fans of the upcoming photorealistic VR recreation of Queen’s 1985 Live Aid concert have voiced their anger as NFTickets for the VR event have been changing hands for thousands of dollars. Calls for the organisers to lay on separate instances or secondary streaming events have so far been rejected. The organisers have argued a percentage of all ticket sales is going to charity and the NFTickets include rental of an 80s shell suit avatar outfit.