The metaverse poses philosophical problems, as social ontologies become unhinged from their substrata and identity and the object world are transmuted via avatars and the digital representation of objects. The line between “the real” and the simulacrum is blurred, at best…The philosophical problems posed by the metaverse are perhaps best illustrated by referencing the 1999 sci-fi cyber-thriller, eXistenZ, written and directed by David Cronenberg. (Click here or on title.)