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- A new book has predicted that by the third quarter of this century, parents will have the choice of having digital offspring.
- This will be the ‘Tamagotchi Generation’.
About ‘Tamagotchi’ Generation
- The name comes from the digital pet created by the Japanese toy manufacturer Bandai, which was a global rage in the 1990s and early years of this century.
- It will just be the Metaverse version for those who might want them.
- As of 2021 , more than 80 million Tamagotchi toys have been sold worldwide.
- The toy is an egg-shaped video game the size of a keychain, which has a screen and buttons.
- Once the pet is activated, an egg appears on the screen, and hatches into a pet for the player to raise.
- The pets feel hungry, happy, sick, and want to go to the toilet etc., and the player can care as much or as little for the pet as they desire.
- Pet’s growth depends on its training of the player.
- Advantages:
- They will cost virtually nothing to bring up, they will consume very little resources in a world
- They will have a tiny environmental footprint from beginning to end.
- It could help us solve some of today’s most pressing issues, including overpopulation.
Source:IE
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