Metaverse and Consumer Rights at The Beginning of The Second Decade of The 21st Century

Abstract

In this paper, we will find a brief overview of a topic as new as it is fascinating, such as the progress that immersive technologies have been making over the last two centuries. The evolution of human interactions resulting from new realities, virtual ones for the purpose of this article, will result in an immense, globalized, interactive ecosystem, product of Web 3.0, materialized in an interactive center, better known as the Metaverse. We will succinctly find its genesis, the impact that the Metaverse has had from its beginnings to the present day in a globalized world, the way in which the different legal systems have been regulating the legal relations resulting from the interactions of the avatars on the platforms, as well as its particular economy, with an essential interest in the consumer relations in this space better known as the Metaverse. Of course, we analyze how far Colombia has progressed in its regulation and implementation in relation to the impact it has caused in the legal relations of consumption that can be carried out in the Metaverse and how well supported from the legal point of view, are those who interact in the virtual space called Metaverse, in our country.