Colombia 法廷，裁判所 moves to metaverse to host 審理，公聴会
By Isabel Woodford
Feb 24 (Reuters) - A Colombian 法廷，裁判所 this month hosted its first 合法的な 裁判，公判 in the metaverse, and now hopes to 実験 again with 事実上の reality, 当局 told Reuters.
At the two-hour 審理，公聴会 held by Colombia's Magdalena 行政の 法廷，裁判所, 関係者s in a traffic 論争 appeared as avatars in a 事実上の courtroom. 治安判事 Maria Quinones Triana's avatar dressed in 黒人／ボイコット 合法的な 式服s.
The country is の中で the earliest 世界的な to 実験（する） real 合法的な 審理，公聴会s in the metaverse, immersive 事実上の reality to make 数字表示式の spaces feel more lifelike, often with avatars 代表するing each 関係者.
"It felt more real than a ビデオ call," Quiones told Reuters on Friday, 述べるing the metaverse experience as "amazing." On Zoom, she 公式文書，認めるd, "Many people turn off their cameras, you have no idea what they're doing,"
The 事例／患者 - brought by a 地域の 輸送（する） union against the police - will now proceed partly in the metaverse, 潜在的に 含むing the 判決, Quiones said. She did not 支配する out metaverse 審理，公聴会s どこかよそで.
"This is an academic 実験 to show that there it's possible... but where everyone 同意s to it, (my 法廷，裁判所) can continue to do things in the metaverse," she 追加するd.
While 合法的な 裁判，公判s have ますます moved to ビデオ 会合s hosted by Zoom and Google, few have 実験d with the metaverse, a space that Meta, Microsoft and other tech 巨大（な）s are racing to build.
早期に examples of interviews and 会合s in the metaverse have been mocked for often-clunky, cartoonish visualizations.
Nonetheless, Colombia's 法廷，裁判所 訴訟／進行s on Feb 15 - streamed to Youtube - went off without too much of a gl itch, 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 some dizzying camera movement and some distorted movements.
QUESTION MARKS
Quiones 繰り返し言うd the 憲法の legitimacy of the 事実上の 法廷, but 定評のある that the 実験 had not been popular, 特記する／引用するing 70% 不賛成 の中で テレビ視聴者s.
Juan David Gutierrez, a public 政策 professor at Colombia's University of Rosario, said use of the metaverse in 合法的な 訴訟／進行s has a long way to go.
"You need a 金物類／武器類 to do this that very few people have. And that 誘発するs questions about accessibility to 司法（官） and equality," he told Reuters.
Quiones agreed that costs and accessibility needed to be discussed. But she 支持するd for the metaverse in 事例／患者s of 乱用 for example, where 関係者s can 株 a space without having to 肉体的に see each other.
Gutierrez said 裁判官s in Colombia were chasing ways to 緩和する the country's 積みすぎる 司法（官） system.
"We create this illusion that 科学（工学）技術 is going to make things more efficient, but いつかs, it's the opposite." (報告（する）／憶測ing by Isabel Woodford in Mexico City; 付加 報告（する）／憶測ing by Herbert Villarraga in Bogota; Editing by David Gregorio)
