{"id":78658,"date":"2022-02-04T11:11:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T16:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=78658"},"modified":"2022-02-04T11:15:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T16:15:32","slug":"why-the-metaverse-is-more-than-hype-lameyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/02\/04\/why-the-metaverse-is-more-than-hype-lameyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Why The Metaverse Is More Than Hype [LaMeyer]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/why-metaverse-more-than-hype-amy-lameyer\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78660\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MetaverseMoreThanHype-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MetaverseMoreThanHype-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MetaverseMoreThanHype-150x84.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MetaverseMoreThanHype-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MetaverseMoreThanHype.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/why-metaverse-more-than-hype-amy-lameyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why The Metaverse Is More Than Hype<\/a> <\/strong>&#8212; from linkedin.com by Amy LaMeyer<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">There are fundamental reasons why there is more to the current Metaverse enthusiasm than hype. As an angel investor, start-up advisor and fund manager, I\u2019ve been studying this space for almost six years, have ridden the trough of disillusionment, and have seen the shift that promises signs of growth. In particular, it is not about the virtual worlds themselves,\u00a0 although content is very important, it is the\u00a0<strong>growth in the surrounding technology ecosystem<\/strong>\u00a0that is supporting and signaling an accelerated virtual future. I\u2019ll highlight those building blocks below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also relevant\/see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/atlanta\/2022\/01\/28\/metaverse-overtime-elite-basketball-virtual-reality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>My night in the metaverse<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from axios.com by Thomas Wheatley<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/atlanta\/2022\/01\/28\/metaverse-overtime-elite-basketball-virtual-reality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78664 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MyNightInTheMetaverse-Wheatley-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"Two images -- on left is person wearing a VR headset. On right side, image of being in a virtual place..\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MyNightInTheMetaverse-Wheatley-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MyNightInTheMetaverse-Wheatley-150x84.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MyNightInTheMetaverse-Wheatley-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MyNightInTheMetaverse-Wheatley-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MyNightInTheMetaverse-Wheatley.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Sports teams and brands are cannonballing into the metaverse, giving fans new ways to experience games in a way TV can&#8217;t offer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Why it matters: Boosters of the virtual reality realm say the metaverse could create a new economy, new experiences, new relationships \u2014 essentially a whole new life, and a new revenue source for the brands, teams, bands and companies that want to be there when the crowds arrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why The Metaverse Is More Than Hype &#8212; from linkedin.com by Amy LaMeyer Excerpt: There are fundamental reasons why there is more to the current Metaverse enthusiasm than hype. As an angel investor, start-up advisor and fund manager, I\u2019ve been studying this space for almost six years, have ridden the trough of disillusionment, and have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,329,26,354,460],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-24x7x365-access","category-3d","category-av-audiovisual","category-technology-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78658"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78666,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78658\/revisions\/78666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}