Excerpt from the linked content^1 by Isabel Woodford:

>A Colombian court this month hosted its first legal trial in the metaverse, and now hopes to experiment again with virtual reality, authorities told Reuters.

>At the two-hour hearing held by Colombia's Magdalena Administrative court, participants in a traffic dispute appeared as avatars in a virtual courtroom.

>Magistrate Maria Quinones Triana's avatar dressed in black legal robes.

>The country is among the earliest worldwide to test real legal hearings in the metaverse, immersive virtual reality to make digital spaces feel more lifelike, often with avatars representing each participant.

>The case - brought by a regional transport union against the police - will now proceed partly in the metaverse, potentially including the verdict, Quiones said. She did not rule out metaverse hearings elsewhere.

>"This is an academic experiment to show that there it's possible... but where everyone consents to it, (my court) can continue to do things in the metaverse," she added.

^1 Reporting by Isabel Woodford in Mexico City; additional reporting by Herbert Villarraga in Bogota; editing by David Gregorio. Reuters, 24 Feb. 2023, https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-court-moves-metaverse-host-hearing-2023-02-24/