A virtual SDF created in the metaverse to alert on exclusion

The Entourage association created this Wednesday a homeless character in the metaverse.

The idea of ​​this initiative is to warn about the isolation of the most precarious people in real life.

Will, the infamous virtual homeless, is at 3.1 Genesis Plaza in Decentraland, one of the metaverse's virtual reality platforms.

The character “will be able to exchange with the people who will come to meet him”, explained Jean-Marc Potdevin, president and co-founder of the Entourage network.

“It will inspire them to go into real life and use our app.

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I am Will, the first #SansAbriDuMetavers person.

I am here to remind you that in France, more than 300,000 homeless people live in the most absolute exclusion and are deprived of social ties.

See you on the @R_Entourage app: the first social network, really social.

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— Entourage (@R_Entourage) March 31, 2022

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Take care of each other in the real world

Will will also be featured in a commercial that aired on social media and television.

Objective of the association: to challenge the general public on the development of technologies, which can affect social interactions, in particular with the most precarious people.

“Before accelerating the virtualization of our social interactions, shouldn't we take care of each other in our real world?

asks the Entourage network in a press release.

“By meeting all the people who are alone and isolated and who are only a few meters from us?

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Contraction of meta and universe, the metaverse is a parallel universe accessible through augmented or virtual reality glasses (AR or VR) and sometimes described as the future of the Internet.

It arouses the interest of major brands who invest millions, even tens of millions of euros.

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