Kicking Off My Summer Research: Gen Z, the Metaverse, and Me

Summer research officially begins! After months of planning, writing, and revising, I’m finally launching the fieldwork for my master’s thesis on Generation Z and the Metaverse, made possible by the Othmer Research Fellowship.

My study combines interviews and a short VR experience to explore how Gen Z in Japan is making sense of immersive technologies, and imagining the futures they might bring.

Time to put on the Meta Quest 3 and dive in!