Into the Metaverse

EP.95: Matthew Ball & The Future of the Metaverse (Part 1)

Jul 1, 2024

Matthew Ball, known for his work on the metaverse, discusses the current state and future of the metaverse with Yon. They talk about AI's impact, adoption by young generations, Roblox's role, and enabling interoperability. A follow-up part two is anticipated.

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The youngest generations are key drivers of metaverse adoption, influencing its growth and development.

AI will significantly impact the evolution of the metaverse by streamlining processes, enhancing user experiences, and enabling interoperability.

Deep dives

The Evolution of the Metaverse

The Metaverse is rapidly emerging as the next technology frontier for human experiences online. Companies, technologies, and trends are converging to shape this virtual world. Initiatives like creator Jonathan Ross Friedman's interviews with Metaverse experts illuminate its evolution.

Intro

2min

Evolution of the Metaverse Concept

20min

AI's Role in Shaping the Metaverse

10min

Building an Open Ecosystem in the Metaverse

7min

Evolution of Entertainment Companies and Changing Landscape of Storytelling

4min

Exploring Excitement and Confusion about the Metaverse and Emerging Technologies

2min

Welcome to Into the Metaverse. In today’s episode, Yon welcomes Matthew Ball to the podcast. Ball is eponymous for his writings on the evolution of the media landscape and the metaverse and his book, The Metaverse: Building the Spatial Internet. A second edition of the book will be released later this year.

Yon and Matthew had an excellent, wide-ranging conversation about the metaverse's past, present, and future. They discuss where we are in realizing 100% of the metaverse vision, the major ways AI will impact the metaverse’s evolution, how and why the youngest generations have always driven adoption, and much more.

With a lot of ground still to cover, Yon and Matthew will be doing a follow up part two to this conversation in the near future, so be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss when that releases!

Preorder the updated and revised version of Matthew’s award-winning best-seller, The Metaverse: Building the Spatial Internet, on Amazon, or visit here for more info and purchase options.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:24 Welcoming Matthew

02:04 The Four Bounces of the Metaverse Theme

07:19 Where Are We in Realizing 100% of the Metaverse

13:07 The Youngest Generation Has Always Driven Adoption

17:35 Roblox and the Current Size of MAU in Metaverse Applications

22:25 Four Major Ways AI Impacts the Evolution of the Metaverse

32:05 Enabling Interoperability Across the Metaverse

39:24 Shifting Anchors within Entertainment Industry

43:37 Wrap Up

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Into the Metaverse

EP.95: Matthew Ball & The Future of the Metaverse (Part 1)

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

The Evolution of the Metaverse

Fortnite's Role in Metaverse Construction

The Vision of a Full-Spec Metaverse

AI's Impact on 3D Internet Evolution

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