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Web3
What will the next iteration of the internet mean for media and technology?
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Web3 Amplified: The Third Connected Age with Rishad Tobaccowala
Lori H. Schwartz interviews Rishad Tobaccowala about Web3 and how it will reshape the business of media and entertainment and the workforce.
Emily M. Reigart
Intelligent Content
Some People Think The Metaverse Is Here. Yeah, They’re Wrong.
Adrian Pennington
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Is It Too Late to Keep Web3 from Just Being Web 2.0?
Adrian Pennington
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Digital Art Is Actually a Financial Asset. No, For Real.
Adrian Pennington
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June 21, 2022
Can Web3 Decentralize and Keep It Together at the Same Time?
Web3 is at risk of undermining one of its core tenets, decentralization, but gamification could be critical to solving the problem.
Adrian Pennington
March 2, 2022
Blockchain’s Impossible-to-Ignore Impact on the Entertainment Industry
The possibilities of blockchain for content creators, brokers and arbiters of intellectual property are too big to ignore.
Adrian Pennington
April 18, 2022
How to Keep Web3 from Repeating Web2’s Mistakes
However alluring the promise of a democratized Web3, what we’re really witnessing looks like a concentration of wealth among the very few.
Adrian Pennington
December 20, 2021
Web3 and the Battle For the Soul of the Internet
Web3 and the metaverse offer the chance to either reset the early promise of an information superhighway or hand over more data to Big Tech.
Adrian Pennington
July 15, 2021
A Framework for the Metaverse from Hardware to Hollywood and Everything in Between
140-CHARACTER EXCERPT: Matthew Ball’s “The Metaverse Primer” outlines the state of knowledge about the Metaverse around topics like hardware, content and behavior.
Adrian Pennington
February 25, 2022
Why Decentralized Networks Pose Such a Threat to Big Tech
A vocal enthusiast for the creator economy, Li Jin imagines a world in which platforms like Facebook are owned and operated by its users.
Adrian Pennington
March 1, 2022
“Belle:” Making a Movie For and With the Metaverse
Mamoru Hosoda’s animated feature follows a lonely teen who becomes a global singing star with her alter ego in the online world of “U.”
Adrian Pennington
January 24, 2022
Does Anyone Actually Care Who Controls the Metaverse?
The internet could have been a democratic utopia of limitless potential for good, but this ideal will be warped forever if we don’t all act.
Adrian Pennington
February 28, 2022
Magnificent Obsession: Why Are We in Love With Web3?
A rebranding of crypto and blockchain or our future? Vox’s Peter Kafka attempts to demystify the current landscape surrounding Web3.
Michael Burns
February 15, 2022
All the Ways Augmented Reality Will Impact Your Work (and Life)
The biggest trends in Augmented Reality will include 5G and Wi-Fi connectivity, volumetric video stages, and live broadcast experiences.
Adrian Pennington
December 22, 2021
How Do We Make Sure the Metaverse Is Equitable?
A shift in the video game industry away from violent first-person shooters may point the way to a more inclusive version of the metaverse.
Adrian Pennington
December 6, 2021
Metaverse vs. Multiverse vs. Multi-Metaverse
The difference between the metaverse and the multiverse lies between where we are now and where we may be going, but there’s a twist.
Adrian Pennington
December 6, 2021
So Why Does the Metaverse Seem to Always Mean Holograms?
Is the metaverse merely the emperor’s new clothes, or is it none other than the actual internet we already know?
Adrian Pennington
January 30, 2022
What’s Really Real? Where Our Current “Timeline” Is Taking Us
As augmented reality becomes increasingly adopted into our lives, it might be time to update what we perceive as the nature of truth.
Adrian Pennington
August 16, 2021
The Metaverse Is More Than Smoke and Mirrors… Almost Definitely
The Metaverse goes mainstream with ITV’s launch of a version of its primetime game show “The Void” in Fortnite Creative.
Adrian Pennington
August 22, 2021
When the VR Office Plugs Into the Metaverse
VR office designer Arthur points to Virtual Reality as the new standard in professional and personal communication.
Adrian Pennington
August 24, 2021
Ariana Grande’s Fortnite Concert Opens Up the Metaverse
Epic Games’ latest major in-game multi-day live music event on Fortnite could be its biggest yet.
Adrian Pennington
February 24, 2022
The Influencers Who Believe the Metaverse Is Already a Thing
A new survey by marketing firm IZEA finds that over half of social media influencers believe they are already active within the metaverse.
Adrian Pennington
August 25, 2021
Why the Metaverse Needs to Be Open | Source: IEEE Spectrum
Epic Games’ Marc Petit discusses the need for open standards for 3D formats in order to deliver on the promise of the Metaverse.
Jennifer Wolfe
December 16, 2021
Can We Have Real Ethics in Virtual Worlds? | Source: NY Times
David Chalmers discusses whether real ethics can exist in virtual worlds, the probability of Bostrom's simulation theory, and The Matrix.
Emily M. Reigart
March 2, 2022
Blockchain’s Impossible-to-Ignore Impact on the Entertainment Industry
The possibilities of blockchain for content creators, brokers and arbiters of intellectual property are too big to ignore.
Adrian Pennington
November 28, 2021
What Unity/Weta Digital Will Mean for the Metaverse
Unity has its eye on the metaverse, anticipating a huge demand for content creators to build assets to populate the 3D internet.
Adrian Pennington
December 6, 2021
Metaverse vs. Multiverse vs. Multi-Metaverse
The difference between the metaverse and the multiverse lies between where we are now and where we may be going, but there’s a twist.
Adrian Pennington
December 6, 2021
When Is New Tech “Ahead of Its Time” — and When Is It Just Doomed? | Source: OneZero
Clive Thompson, author of “Coders” and “Smarter Than You Think,” explores why some technologies or inventions take off, and some don’t.
Brett Moss
February 6, 2022
Web 2.5 Is Just… Awkward
With the transition to the utopian ideal of Web 3.0 or Web3 still a long way off, what do we call where we’re currently at?
Adrian Pennington
February 28, 2022
Web3: Are We Sure We Want to Do This?
Web3 backers say you can build anything online and put it on the blockchain, but skeptics see a wasteful scam and even ecological disaster.
Adrian Pennington
December 21, 2021
Which Social Media Trends Will Define 2022? | Source: The Drum
Five creatives and social strategists share their predictions for how the online landscape will shift in the coming year.
Emily M. Reigart
November 28, 2021
Avatar to Web3: An A-Z Compendium of the Metaverse
The advent of the metaverse creator economy has generated a flood of new jargon — learn what it means and how it’s all interconnected.
Adrian Pennington
December 13, 2021
What the Metaverse Could Mean for Content Creators
Metaverse content will demand the same skills as traditional filmmaking, including writing, cinematography and editing.
Adrian Pennington
