The battle for control of the metaverse is pitting companies that want to create a corporate-curated Ready Player One experience against those who want it to develop with the organic chaos of the current Internet. And no one has even built it yet.
Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury
Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9
Episode Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/10/style/metaverse-virtual-worlds.html
https://www.theverge.com/22588022/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-ceo-metaverse-interview
https://www.matthewball.vc/all/themetaverse
https://www.matthewball.vc/the-metaverse-primer
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/05/move-over-space-tech-billionaires-have-a-new-utopian-boondoggle-the-metaverse
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/10/techies-think-were-on-the-cusp-of-a-virtual-world-called-the-metaverse-im-skeptical
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