In this virtual briefing, WIRED Editor Greg Williams and Herman Narula, CEO and co-founder of Improbable investigate social behaviour and connection in a world with COVID-19.

Herman is one of the leading innovators in research into virtual worlds and simulation. His company Improbable enables developers to make extraordinary multiplayer games and to simulate real-world scenarios with incredible detail and complexity.

“The thing that advances friendships and relationships are shared experiences,” says Nerula in the 25-minute video. “It's great catching up with your friend on the phone talking about the past, over and over again, but you can't have new experiences, unless you're together. So I think the more that virtual worlds can create an engine for us to have those memorable events together, the more they'll become part of people's relationships.”

Designed as an extension of WIRED’s long-running live conference portfolio, these punchy, deliberate and engaging sessions reflect the same high calibre of speakers and programming featured at a WIRED event.

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