It's an absolute all-you-can-eat buffet of metaverse stories this week. We talk about a major video games and Esports report, which suggests the industry is on track to make $70 billion this year. The Pacific island of Tuvalu is sinking under the sea so they want to preserve it in the metaverse. 40 of the biggest CS:GO traders have been busted, sending $2 million worth of skins to 0. Azuki drop the ball in a big way, Adidas continue their new web3 journey and a company called Caviar have made an 18 Karat case for the Apple Vision Pro... Tuck in, it's a hearty episode. Chapters 00:00:00 - 00:01:30 - What This Episode Is About 00:01:31 - 00:11:10 - The Nation of Tuvalu Is Sinking (Into the Metaverse)] 00:11:11 - 00:16:48 - Video Game Industry $70 Billion Report 00:16:50 - 00:21:59 - CS:GO Skins Turn to Dust 00:22:00 - 00:28:40 - Adidas Continue Web3 Journey with ALTS 00:28:44 - 00:44:06 - Azuki Drop the Ball 00:44:09 - 00:50:59 - Only Up Game Goes Mainstream 00:51:00 - 00:54:00 - 18 Karat Gold Apple Vision Pro Case 00:54:01 - 00:56:17 - What's Coming At BasedAF Twitter : https://twitter.com/we_are_BasedAF Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/we_are_basedaf Discord : https://discord.com/invite/basedaf Podcast : https://plnk.to/welcome-to-the-metaverse/e/ Links : The PwC video game industry report : https://venturebeat.com/games/u-s-game-and-esports-revenue-to-grow-from-54-1b-to-72b-by-2027-pwc/

Chris Ebeling is the co-creator of the massively popular digital horse racing game Zed Run (3.5m races and $60M paid out), who is now working on a new project that could be shaping up to be the Fortnite of Sport. Plus we put Elon and Zuck in a cage match on WWE and someone hacked a Tesla to unlock 'Elon Mode'. Just another normal week in the metaverse. Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welcome to the Metaverse Podcast and community, which is now a BasedAF production. You can now watch all episodes on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube Channel too Twitter : https://twitter.com/we_are_BasedAF Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/we_are_basedaf Discord : https://discord.com/invite/basedaf Podcast : https://plnk.to/welcome-to-the-metave... Links : More about Behaviol and Meta11 here : https://www.behaviol.com/ Chris Ebeling Twitter : https://twitter.com/iamChrisEbeling Meta11 Twitter : https://twitter.com/Meta11official

This is an interview with Roberto Nickson, the founder of hugely popular Instagram account Metav3rse, Eluna AI and the MV3 NFT (which last week he announced has been sunset). He recently posted a very honest blog post on why he felt he had to close down MV3, why the current NFT space is largely a 'culture casino' and his thoughts on the future of this space. Thank you to Roberto for being so honest and for coming on the show, onwards and upwards! Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welcome to the Metaverse Podcast and community, which is now a BasedAF production. You can now watch all episodes on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube Channel too⁠ Twitter : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/we_are_BasedAF⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/we_are_basedaf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.com/invite/basedaf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://plnk.to/welcome-to-the-metaverse/e/⁠ In this episode 00:00:00 - 00:01:58 - What This Episode Is About 00:01:58 - 00:09:40 - The Rapid Growth of The Metav3rse Instagram 00:10:47 - 00:17:00 - The Success and Decline of MV3 00:19:25 - 00:29:00 - The Royalty Wars and Market Turning 00:34:37 - 00:57:51 - The NFT Culture Casino & Business Models 00:57:52 - 01:04:50 - Reflecting on the NFT Space 01:04:55 - 01:06:12 - Selling Metav3rse? 01:06:11 - 01:10:28 - What Roberto Is Working On Now + Future of the Space Read Roberto's full statement on MV3 here : https://mirror.xyz/rpn.eth/FkLhL6ofNsUZjKya3saKWAZ03KZQ6sJDWYLdmHY4ahk Links : Metav3rse Instagram Account : https://www.instagram.com/metav3rse/ Eluna AI : https://www.eluna.ai/

Spongebob ended up in car crash because Squidward thought he was being tracked by the CIA. Peter Griffin and the rest of the Family Guy cast have been plotting to escape after being investigated for murder and AI generated Seinfeld got overly offensive so had to be removed. AI generated TV shows have been popping up all over the internet, with some quite disturbing consequences. But that's not the only time AI has got out of control. We dive into what is happening, how they are being made and some of the strange ways AI seems to be learning by itself Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welcome to the Metaverse Podcast and community, which is now a BasedAF production. You can now watch all episodes on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube Channel too 00:00:00 - 00:00:44 - What This Video Is About 00:00:45 - 00:02:35 - AI Seinfeld - 'Nothing, Forever' 00:02:36 - 00:04:16 - AI Spongebob 00:04:17 - 00:04:28 - AI Simpsons 00:04:29 - 00:05:03 - AI Family Guy 00:05:04 - 00:06:12 - The 'debate' 00:06:13 - 00:08:20 - How These AI TV Shows Are Made 00:08:21 - 00:10:30 - Is AI Learning By Itself!? 00:10:31 - 00:12:49 - Examples of AI Going Rogue Links (These are NSFW!) AI Spongebob : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UxBqZL0UCU AI Family Guy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54KH5ab2BXM AI Simpsons : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFg2ihmZrfk AI Seinfeld 'Nothing, Forever' Season 2 : https://www.twitch.tv/watchmeforever The debate : https://www.twitch.tv/trumporbiden2024 Shoutout to Code Bullet's video here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZJe5fqUbQA And Decoy Voice's video here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcrJ3b-mQ6c Twitter : https://twitter.com/we_are_BasedAF Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/we_are_basedaf Discord : https://discord.com/invite/basedaf Podcast : https://plnk.to/welcome-to-the-metaverse/e/

It seems very clear now that Nike are going all in on their web3 digital sneaker venture .swoosh. Having sold millions of dollars worth of their 'Our Force 1' recent drop, Nike have now released a teaser trailer to their 198M followers suggesting .swoosh will be launching a sneaker treasure hunt in Fortnite! Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welcome to the Metaverse Podcast and community, which is now a BasedAF production. You can now watch all episodes on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube Channel too⁠ Plus we sadly see metaver3e's NFT project MV3 officially close its doors and a heartfelt letter from founder Roberto Nickson calling the NFT space the 'culture casino'. Oh and Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson who recently backed a start-up to try and bring extinct animals back to life, has now funded a mission to the Pacific ocean to recover an interstellar rock that is not from our solar system, as you do! Off we go again, Welcome to the Metaverse 00:00:00 - 00:00:39 - What This Video Is About 00:00:49 - 00:07:41 - Fortnite Sneakers 00:07:42 - 00:12:56 - Based in Fortnite 00:12:57 - 00:23:46 - NFT project MV3 Calls It Quits 00:23:47 - 00:33:51 - Epic Games, Meta and Roblox's Biggest Rival? 00:33:52 - 00:38:55 - Cardano Founder's Alien Mission 00:38:56 - 00:40:48 - Coming Up at BasedAF This Week Twitter : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/we_are_BasedAF⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/we_are_basedaf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.com/invite/basedaf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://plnk.to/welcome-to-the-metaverse/e/⁠

There has never been a better time to get into VR than this moment right now and there are hundreds of weird, mindblowing, terrifying and straight up hilarious things that you can do in the virtual realm. In this episode, we run through a list of the 10 most fun, which includes taking down Zombies,  playing a game of Gorilla tag, learning to DJ on a $10,000 Pioneer setup, hunting ghosts and much more. 00:00:00 - 00:00:38 What This Video Is About 00:00:49 - 00:02:16 Classic Fan Favourites 00:02:18 - 00:04:18 Music Creation 00:04:19 - 00:06:05 Fitness & Sport Apps 00:06:06 - 00:07:22 Immersive Movies & TV 00:07:23 - 00:10:42 Social VR Apps 00:10:43 - 00:12:02 Horror Games 00:12:03 - 00:13:28 Chilled, Meditation & Puzzle 00:13:31 - 00:14:44 Weird & Wonderful 00:14:45 - 00:16:15 Top Tier Story Titles 00:16:16 - 00:16:59 Which Headset Should You Get? Twitter : https://twitter.com/we_are_BasedAF Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/we_are_basedaf Discord : https://discord.com/invite/basedaf Podcast : https://plnk.to/welcome-to-the-metaverse/e/

Asking ChatGPT to constantly be our new AI brain is amazing but all of that compute power has to come from somewhere. And as we move closer to a fully fledged metaverse with AI fuelling 3D creation, GPU is in short supply. Could RNDR, the blockchain network that let's us rent out our spare GPU be the solution? Also in this episode; Roblox have introduced digital scarcity , Mark Zuckerberg responds to the Apple Vision Pro, Louis Vuitton drops a new NFT project, Fortnite Chapter 3 trailer drops and there is an amazing AI driven Trump vs Biden debate that will blow your mind. Welcome to the Metaverse. Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welcome to the Metaverse Podcast and community, which is now a BasedAF production. You can now watch all episodes on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube Channel too Twitter : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/we_are_BasedAF⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/we_are_basedaf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.com/invite/basedaf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://plnk.to/welcome-to-the-metaverse/e/⁠ The live Trump vs Biden Debate Highlights (NSFW) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59vYIzlxmF4

It happened! Apple arrived late to the party but wearing the coolest outfit of all, even if the Apple Vision Pro does look a bit like a futuristic scuba diving mask that you definitely can't get wet. So, do you sell all of your possessions (and potentially an organ) to fork out the $3500 or are the other headsets on the market what you need? In this episode we dive into the VR, AR and XR space to recap everything that is out there and how this whole space is shaping up. Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welcome to the Metaverse Podcast and community, which is now a BasedAF production. You can now watch all episodes on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube Channel too⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter : ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/we_are_BasedAF⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram : ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/we_are_basedaf⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord : ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.com/invite/basedaf⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast : ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://plnk.to/welcome-to-the-metaverse/e/⁠

Deep fakes are not new of course but recently they have got really REALLY easy for anyone to create without training a model themselves and on a regular computer. On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, we dive into how they are made and how you can make your own in seconds. Things are about to get very weird and fast. Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welcome to the Metaverse Podcast and community, which is now a BasedAF production. You can now watch all episodes on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube Channel too⁠⁠⁠ Twitter : ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/we_are_BasedAF⁠⁠⁠ Instagram : ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/we_are_basedaf⁠⁠⁠ Discord : ⁠⁠⁠https://discord.com/invite/basedaf⁠⁠⁠ Podcast : ⁠⁠⁠https://plnk.to/welcome-to-the-metaverse/e/⁠

Here's some questions you didn't think you'd ask yourself this week : Would you be up for a microchip in your brain and can Sam Altman of OpenAi scan your eyeballs so that you can prove who you really are? There's also new Meta Quest 3 rumours, NVIDIA showcasing the future of AI in games, robots making humans sad in the name of art and Doctor Who in the Sandbox. Just another normal week in the metaverse then! Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welcome to the Metaverse Podcast and community, which is now a BasedAF production. You can now watch all episodes on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube Channel too⁠⁠ Twitter : ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/we_are_BasedAF⁠⁠ Instagram : ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/we_are_basedaf⁠⁠ Discord : ⁠⁠https://discord.com/invite/basedaf⁠⁠ Podcast : ⁠⁠https://plnk.to/welcome-to-the-metaverse/e/⁠ #metaverse #ai #worldcoin #openai