METAVERSE ARCHITECTS AND WORLD BUILDERS

SALARY £100k+

TODAY THEY WOULD BE Architects, video-game designers, FX artists, visual artists, musicians and sound engineers, fashion designers, retail experts

EDUCATION NEEDED Computer design visual effects, computer programming, hardware design

Put on a virtual-reality (VR) headset now and it feels like you’re in another world. The “metaverse” is the idea that VR will become a normal part of our lives, like the internet or computer games.

“We will live in a mixed-reality world, so I could wear normal-looking glasses and look around my world and it will be augmented with information about objects,” says Badminton. Facebook has spent billions on the concept, with Microsoft and Google investing, too.

Instead of having business meetings via a Zoom call, by 2040 we may meet in VR spaces. “Virtual versions of ourselves will meet in virtual conference rooms, with virtual art and furniture,” says Badminton. “This virtual world will be built by huge teams.”