An Update on The Metaverse
TechStuff
iHeartPodcasts
4.3 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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What's the state of the metaverse? In late 2021, dozens of companies started to push hard to become players in creating the metaverse. But how many stuck with it? Has any progress been made? And who the heck wants this to be a thing?
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| 0:00.0 | Yo, it's Baratunde, and I'm back with a fourth season of my podcast, How To Citizen. |
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| 0:44.5 | Welcome to Tech Stuff, a production from iHeartRadio. |
| 0:52.0 | Hey there, and welcome to Tech Stuff. |
| 0:53.9 | I'm your host, Jonathan Strickland. |
| 0:55.6 | I'm an executive producer with iHeartRadio, and how the tech are you? |
| 0:59.6 | So back in October 2021, we hear it tech stuff, published an episode titled What Is The Metaverse? |
| 1:09.4 | This was back when the Metaverse concept was really just starting to gain a lot of steam |
| 1:14.9 | and was repelled largely by the company Facebook, which would actually rename itself Meta |
| 1:20.6 | before the end of October. |
| 1:23.8 | There was enormous excitement around this idea, at least on a corporate and marketing |
| 1:29.6 | kind of level. |
| 1:30.6 | I don't personally know many people who were or are that excited by the concept personally. |
| 1:38.0 | I just know that from a corporate perspective, there was a ton of momentum. |
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