[March 9, 2022] Meta introduced its Quest 2 at this year's Super Bowl commercial that looked like a crazy episode of Netflix original series, Black Mirror. In the commercial, a dog travels to the metaverse and performs an entertaining choreography with band members — signifying Meta's newest endeavor into the metaverse pet business.
Metaverse pet adoption is a frequented topic in the metaverse community. Many people in the real world may not be able to afford a pet, but the metaverse allows them to experience a somewhat detached version of what pet ownership is like. Legally speaking, acquiring the right to pet property in the virtual space isn't absolutely out of the question. For example, projects like MetaPets, MetaGochi, Axie Infinity, and CryptoKitties offer metaverse pet platforms.
Current laws, however, make metaverse pet adoption challenging. Think about how most people spoke about the Internet in the 1960s. Laws dealing with intellectual property, digital assets, privacy, and cybersecurity have evolved since. This resembles how we talk about the metaverse today in that people debate how the future would be like in the metaverse. So, it's reasonable to say that the new technology will necessitate a considerable deal of regulation and risk management.