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Hello, this is 6 minutes English from BBC Learning English. I'm Sam.

And I'm Neil.

On Saturday mornings, I love going to watch football in the park.

The problem is, when it's cold and rainy,

I look out the bedroom window and go straight back to bed.

Well, instead of going to the park, why not bring the park to you?

Imagine watching a live version of the football match at home in the warm with friends.

Sound good, Sam?

Hmm, sounds great.

But how can it be in two places at once?

Is there some amazing invention to do that?

Yeah, it might be, Sam.

And it could be happening sooner than you think.

Thanks to developments in VR or virtual reality.

According to Facebook, Boss Mark Zuckerberg,

in the future, will all spend much of our time living and working

in the Metaverse, a series of virtual worlds.

Virtual reality is a topic we've discussed before in 6 minutes English.

But when Facebook announced that it was hiring 10,000 new workers

to develop VR for the Metaverse, we thought it was time for another look.

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