What a year it has been for Into the Metaverse!

As 2024 comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to celebrate what has been an incredible year of conversations, milestones, and, most importantly, growth in understanding the ever-evolving metaverse. This year, we crossed the 100-episode milestone—a huge achievement that wouldn’t have been possible without your support. To everyone who’s tuned in, shared our content, or simply joined the conversation, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

We’ve had the privilege of hosting some of the most innovative minds in the metaverse space. To reflect on this extraordinary year, we’re bringing you not one but two special "Best Of" episodes featuring clips from the conversations that sparked the most engagement, generated the most insight, and helped us all better understand where the metaverse is headed.

In this first of two episodes, you’ll hear from four amazing guests whose perspectives and expertise have helped shape our understanding of this transformative moment in tech and culture. Each clip highlights ideas and predictions that are driving the metaverse forward, and we hope they inspire you as much as they’ve inspired us.

Segment Details:

From E84 with Alvaro Velilla, SVP New Business at Universal Music Group

Building a Sustainable Relationship Between Roblox & Music

Full episode with Alvaro: YouTube | Spotify | Apple

Follow Alvaro: LinkedIn

From E95 with Matthew Ball, award-winning author and metaverse expert

Four Major Ways AI Impacts Future of the Metaverse

Full episode with Matthew: YouTube | Spotify | Apple

Buy Matthew’s award-winning book, The Metaverse: Building the Spatial Internet

Follow Matthew: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter

From E98 with Cathy Hackl, tech & gaming executive, futurist, and speaker

Our Current Technological Convergence Point

Full episode with Cathy: YouTube | Spotify | Apple 

Follow Cathy: LinkedIn | Instagram

From E101 with Liam Broza, Chief Innovation Officer for Infinite Reality (iR)

Why the Web and Browser Is the Place to Build the Metaverse

Full episode with Liam: YouTube | Spotify | Apple 

Follow Liam: LinkedIn | X

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:24 Alvaro Velilla

08:36 Matthew Ball

18:16 Cathy Hackl

25:02 Liam Broza