This Week in the Metaverse Podcast

This Week in the Metaverse for November 21, 2022

In this short episode you’ll learn:
The metaverse’s role in this year’s World Cup
What banks are doing in the metaverse
Which dead celebrity is coming back to life as a metaverse hologram
The countries that are most “ready” for a fully functioning metaverse
Which country thinks it might only exist in the metaverse in the future
The latest celebrities who think we want to live in worlds they create

This Week in the Metaverse for November 14, 2022

In this short episode you’ll learn:
What the FTX implosion means for the rest of crypto
About a brand-new nation that’s starting in the metaverse first, but then will be real land
Why if you own an NFT, you may not own what you think you do
What’s keeping trying on clothes from being a cool metaverse experience
Why we need to keep humanity in mind as we build metaverse experiences
How people got to audition for The Voice in the metaverse

This Week in the Metaverse for November 7, 2022

In this short episode you’ll learn:
About the two groups fighting for what the metaverse is eventually going to be
How many Americans want the government to regulate crypto
The seven technologies needed to make the metaverse really happen
Which country just opened a metaverse mega mall
How to share VR experiences without throwing up
About the first Web3 smartphone

This Week in the Metaverse for October 31, 2022

In this short episode you’ll learn:
Why it’s predicted most business projects in the metaverse will fail by 2025.
Why Apple won’t even use the word “metaverse”.
Why graphics in the metaverse have to get as good as today’s video games.
How one city in Japan is applying the metaverse to their education system.
Why Apple is being antagonistic about NFTs.
And a warning about the metaverse from privacy fan Edward Snowden.

This Week in the Metaverse for October 24, 2022

In this short episode you’ll learn:
Why Dubai is considering metaverse cops
Why Interpol is considering global metaverse cops
The five Web3 trends we should be watching in 2023
Whether metaverse real estate enthusiasts are still enthused
What the developer of SimCity is doing now
Who’s involved in the second annual Decentraland Metaverse Music Festival

This Week in the Metaverse for October 17, 2022

In this short episode you’ll learn:
The shocking statistics of how many people are going into the metaverse
Disney’s Web3 plans which could put you inside their movies
Why people are still buying crypto like crazy even though they don’t understand it
The NFT project CNN is giving up on
Microsoft’s plans for industrial virtual environments
The new TV series that offers up one scary depiction of the metaverse

This Week in the Metaverse for October 10, 2022

In this short episode you’ll learn:
The latest embarrassment to come out in Meta internal memos
What kind of political NFTs you might be able to donate to get
What generative art NFTs are
Why Kim Kardashian had to pay over a million in fines for promoting crypto
How you might have an adventure in the metaverse with Bruce Willis one day
How strippers are making six figures in the metaverse while staying dressed and anonymous

This Week in the Metaverse for October 3, 2022

Give this a few minutes and you’ll learn:
How worried the Department of Defense is that crypto is a national security threat.
The terms under which you can get your NFT-based app into the App Store.
About the two worlds Walmart is using to experiment with the metaverse.
Just how much people have cooled on buying crypto.
The one thing most likely to drive development of Web3 and the decentralized web.
How more music artists will be getting into the Web3 and NFT business.

This Week in the Metaverse for September 26, 2022

Give this a few minutes and you’ll learn:
How game developers are helping healthcare’s entry into the metaverse
What the 3D metaverse equivalent of the web’s HTML looks like it’s going to be
How a new tool will help tell you how scarce that NFT you’re buying really is
What state will let you pay your taxes in crypto
How you can experience Jack Daniels in the metaverse
The problems with trying to do college in the metaverse

This Week in the Metaverse for September 19, 2022

Give this a few minutes and you’ll learn:
The next steps the US government has taken to regulate and control crypto
How Starbucks is going to be using the metaverse
Why spending time in the metaverse might have the same effects as being on acid
Why someone who’s worked on VR for three decades is scared of the metaverse
What the company will do that the inventor of the metaverse has started
Why your next favorite music group might not have any actual humans in it