What is the Metaverse?

The metaverse is the next generation of the internet--powered by a new generation of creators and enabling real-time, immersive activities.

More information is in this deck, covering the 160+ companies, 7 layers and 9 megatrends shaping the future of the metaverse: of my ideas can be found...

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In this video I introduce the key concepts of the metaverse, including the experiences it enables (games, social, music, esports, etc.); discovery; the creator economy; spatial computing (virtual reality, augmented reality and other immersive 3D technologies); human interface; decentralization (open source, distributing computing, and blockchain); and infrastructure (enabling semiconductors, networks, 5G+6G, cloud computing).

0:00 Introduction

0:42 The Metaverse is the next generation of the Internet

1:35 What does the Metaverse do?

2:22 Properties of the metaverse; Games will inform how the metaverse is built

4:13 Emphasis on Activities rather than transactions

5:27 Exponential rise in creativity

6:26 The 7 Layers of the Metaverse

7:20 Discovery

8:15 Creator Economy

9:36 Spatial Computing

10:22 Decentralization

11:24 Human Interface Hardware

12:34 Infrastructure - semiconductors, batteries, cloud computing, networking, 5G, 6G

13:38 Who are the companies and projects building the metaverse?

14:27 Multiverse of metaverses, not a single metaverse

15:03 Summary - Real-time, decentralized, direct-from-imagination

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