The First Church of the Singularity: Roko's Basilik

For those of us working in virtual and augmented reality, our days are spent thinking of better and better ways to create more lifelike virtual worlds. It's easy for us to believe that one day we will be living in a sim indecipherable from "base" reality -- or even more likely, that we're already living in one. This year at Burning Man, the Metaverse Scholars Club, a non-profit committed to building an ethical metaverse, is creating an immersive theater/mixed reality experience reflecting these ideas. Our backgrounds are as augmented and virtual reality creators and community builders and theater. I'm Jodi Schiller, director of the immersive experience -- a professional with more than 20 years experience creating theater as well as a drama therapist.