We can think of the metaverse as a persistent network of experiences. And where's the most likely place for that partial market power or centralization to show up? Is it in the ip rights and the payment system, the hardware provider, cross platform engine? Somewhere else? What's most likely? Joke point? There seem to be two different answers to that. Number one, software distribution. This is your classic discovery and distribution of virtual experiences. The other option is hardware. It may exist literally and in abstraction, but you can only access it through a device. Those device operators have an ever growing network of a p is experiences, technologies, technical requirements and controls through which they can
Fighting fires meant a lot of downtime for Matthew Ball. Stationed at a forward operating base in the woods for two weeks at a time, he spent long hours amongst fellow firefighters with whom he shared little in common except for their love of the outdoors. The skills he gained working towards mutual goals with those he had little else in common with has translated well to his career as a strategist and venture capitalist in the digital media and gaming industries. Ball is a managing partner of EpyllionCo, venture partner at Makers Fund, and author of the anticipated The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything.
Ball joined Tyler to discuss the eventual widespan transition of the population to the metaverse, the exciting implications of this interconnected network of 3D worlds for education, how the metaverse will improve dating and its impacts on sex, the happiness and career satisfaction of professional gamers, his predictions for Tyler’s most frequent uses of the metaverse, his favorite type of entrepreneur, why he has thousands of tabs open on his computer at any given moment, and more.
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Recorded July 6th, 2022 Other ways to connect