Ceo Mark Zuckerberg has been showing off what he calls the first mainstream � mixed reality� headset, that merges Virtual Reality with the real world. The firms also announced a team of ai chatbots with different personalities, and their own areas of expertise. And its revealed a new set of ray ban Smart Glasses with al built in that can film and upload videos and answer questions. They go on sale next month for 299. Heres a taste. Call eric. Calling eric. Lets no with call eric. Calling eric. Lets go with the call eric. Calling eric. Lets go with the seller. Call eric. Calling eric. Lets go with the seller. Meta, send a hoto go with the seller. Meta, send a photo to go with the seller. Meta, send a photo to mum go with the seller. Meta, send a photo to mum with go with the seller. Meta, send l a photo to mum with whatsapp. Impairs well with and pesto. What impairs well with and pesto. What does impairs well with and pesto. What does it impairs well with and pesto. 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Remember, the dream is that we all spent time in the metaverse, chatting with our friends, in the metaverse, chatting with ourfriends, doing anything in the metaverse, chatting with our friends, doing anything you can imagine so perhaps this kind of technology will help with that. The problem that Mark Zuckerberg has is that it has already lost 21 billion just sent the start of 2022 and The Big Question is can vr headset like this get more people into vr and Playing Games Chris make it will be released in the next couple of weeks and we will know by christmas whether this is ahead of mike a flop. 7 mike proulx is Research Director at the tech consultants, forrester. What is your initial reaction . Our whole lot of ai and barely any metaverse. The metaverse was barely mentioned in the entire event but Artificial Intelligence was the through line. Make no mistake, meta is now an ai company. Now an ai company. They have invested so now an ai company. They have invested so much now an ai company. They have invested so much into now an ai company. They have invested so much into meta i now an ai company. They have l invested so much into meta and many were looking at how that went and not following suit because they believe it is not necessarily the right move. It is simply not skating with consumer want and need yet. When we talk about the metaverse headset, vr headsets, they simply are not things that they simply are not things that the masses want, despite it being touted as the first mainstream headset. Just 5 of online adults are in a vr headset and a majority of them use them for dating. Can headset and a majority of them use them for dating. Use them for dating. Can i ask about the use them for dating. Can i ask about the glasses use them for dating. Can i ask about the glasses because use them for dating. Can i ask. About the glasses because they were a big push as well and many Tech Companies are looking at glasses, the fact we can wear them, take video, send video, what about the privacy issues, it is huge . Issues, it is huge . There. A bit of creepiness in issues, it is huge . There. A bit of creepiness in them i issues, it is huge . There. A bit of creepiness in them aware Mark Zuckerberg talked about the fact the ai embedded in them follows you around, it is seeing and hearing of the world around you but at the same time it shows at least some promise, knowing this is the next generation of the ray ban Smart Glasses, for mainstream people to embrace wearable devices under their heads or make face, they have to become less cumbersome and so these ray ban Smart Glasses is a first step in their becoming more accessible and approachable. I would be suspicious of anyone wearing glasses because they could be filming me and sending it all over the place. That is the concern . It all over the place. That is the concern . That is a major the concern . That is a maor issue across the i the concern . That is a maor issue across the board in h issue across the board in social media and the metaverse and ai for that matter. And ai for that matter. Good to have ou and ai for that matter. Good to have you on and ai for that matter. Good to have you on the and ai for that matter. Good to have you on the programme i have you on the programme ahead. Do tell us what you think. Im sure you have opinions. We would love to hear from you. Now to a row that has erupted here in the uk, after the government on wednesday gave the go ahead for a huge new oil and gas project. The site at rosebank, west of the shetland isles, is the largest untapped Oil And Gas Field in the north sea. It will produce 300 Million Barrels of oil during its lifetime. Supporters say it will help provide Energy Security for the uk, create 1600 jobs and boost the economy. Critics argue its incompatible with the uks legal obligation to reach net zero on Carbon Emissions by 2050. Our Business Editor simon jack has been taking a look at the arguments for and against. For over 50 years, the waters around the uk have provided oil, gas, jobs, tax and Carbon Emissions but reserves are dwindling and the uk is now a net importer of oil and gas. The owners of the Biggest Development in they could say this is a good day for the uk. Energy security and jobs in the uk. There is a continued need for oil and gas through the entire transition and even after net zero, we will need oil and gas in our daily lives and to run the society as we know it. ~. And to run the society as we know it. ~ ,. ,. , know it. Will this Decision Help improve know it. Will this Decision Help improve the know it. Will this Decision Help improve the uk know it. Will this decision i help improve the uk Energy Security because make no, says the man who conducted a climate review. 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An £8 billion investment in the uk over the lifetime of rosebank, a huge amount ofjob creation, tax revenue that would be created, we talk about communities that live up in scotland and across uk that would benefit from the investment, countries by and large like it when there are large like it when there are large investments of infrastructure at scale end of thatjurisdiction and this is a large investment at scale so theres a lot of benefits for theres a lot of benefits for the uk. � ,. , theres a lot of benefits for the uk. ~ ,. ,. , y the uk. At the Benefits A Hotly Disuted the uk. At the benefits a hotly disputed by the uk. At the benefits a hotly disputed by others. The uk. At the benefits a hotly disputed by others. There the uk. At the benefits a hotly disputed by others. There is i the uk. At the benefits a hotly| disputed by others. There is no real economic disputed by others. There is no real economic profit disputed by others. There is no real economic profit to disputed by others. There is no real economic profit to be disputed by others. There is no real economic profit to be had i real economic profit to be had for the uk public stop they are all going to private multi billion Pound Companies and it is not going to make a scrap of difference into the everyday life of most people across the uk. This is a huge mistake on economic grounds, on Energy Security grounds and on a Climate Grounds and the uk public do not stand to benefit from this field. From this field. What will this decision made from this field. What will this decision made for from this field. What will this decision made for the from this field. What will this| decision made for the climate was make experts say what happens between now and 2050 matters. ,. , happens between now and 2050 matters. , h happens between now and 2050 matters. , � ,. ,. , matters. Today s emissions and tomorrow matters. Today s emissions and tomorrow and matters. Today s emissions and tomorrow and the matters. Today s emissions and tomorrow and the day matters. Today s emissions and tomorrow and the day after matters. Today s emissions and tomorrow and the day after all l tomorrow and the day after all the way to 2050 and you add all those up to get your contribution to global warming. To do this is to misunderstand the size. Government insists it has a lower Carbon Footprint to do it at home rather than importing it from Around The World but others argue it does not care and the best way to increase Energy Security, more Jobsis IncreaseEnergy Security, more jobs is to invest in Renewable Energy sources. Gervais williams is head of equities at the Fund Managers premier miton. Very strong arguments both for and against this. We will hear both voice very loudly until this does finally go ahead. Absolutely. What we do see is that europe generally is in a chronic undersupply situation and that may have got worse in the last few years, in part due to the price, best of preference as scaling back local production to increase in the real boss, in part because of the recession in 2020 and impart poor taxes. The bottom line the uk and the rest of europe needs to import energy and were going to run out Hard Currency over time. With the movement beyond globalisation, Hard Currency becomes harder to get hold of and a great advantage for the uk in terms of rosebank is that we pay for it in pounds rather than dollars and euros. Dollars and euros. Im looking at the price dollars and euros. Im looking at the price of dollars and euros. Im looking at the price of brent dollars and euros. Im looking at the price of brent crude, i at the price of brent crude, 97. 34 a at the price of brent crude, 97. 31; a barrel, we are heading towards that 100 a barrel mark. Interesting that labour says it will honour the rosebank licence. A general election is not far away at all and it is issue of Energy Security is going to play a big part in it. Security is going to play a big part in it part in it. Well want to increase part in it. Well want to increase energy part in it. Well want to | increase Energy Security part in it. Well want to increase Energy Security and impart that is investing in renewables but they are only part of the solution. It will take a decade or to two move beyond reliance on this type of energy. Some major countries decide what the supply is going to be and whether they will supply european markets and specifically the uk and the rest of europe are in a vulnerable position. Both Companies Vulnerable position. Both Companies Involved in. Vulnerable position. Bothl Companies Involved in this investment are clear on that. It has to be exported to actually be refined into products. But it does mean we have a negotiating position. 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