The deepfake dangers lurking in the metaverse

When you're in the metaverse, you are generally represented by either a blocky or cartoonish avatar or a disembodied floating torso and a pair of hands. None of which looks remotely like you. But what happens when things become much more real? A number of companies are developing ways for you to create hyper-realistic representations of yourself for the metaverse, with your face, your voice and even the way you move. One of these is Metaphysic, a deepfake or synthetic media company, founded by Chris Ume, creator of the Deep Tom Cruise videos that took TikTok by storm last year.