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The Journal.

Back Stage at a Metaverse Concert

The Journal.

The Wall Street Journal

Daily News, Business News, News

4.25.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Pop star Tai Verdes is the latest among a slew of stars performing concerts in the metaverse, a virtual world growing in popularity. Verdes and WSJ's Anne Steele explain why the music industry is diving in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

A few weeks ago, I went to a concert to see a performance by Ty Verde's.

0:11.1

But this concert was unlike anything I'd been to before because it took place in a strange

0:16.2

new virtual venue in the metaverse.

0:19.9

I recorded myself logging on.

0:22.0

Alright, it's about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. I'm at home and I am about to go to a concert

0:32.4

in the metaverse.

0:34.6

But I am on a boardwalk.

0:40.4

I've got my little avatar here.

0:41.7

I look like a Lego man.

0:43.2

It's like I'm in Santa Monica or something.

0:45.7

There's like a Ferris wheel.

0:48.4

I can jump around.

0:50.0

Wow, now we're like in a new world and there's Ty.

0:54.6

He's like enormous.

0:55.6

I can launch into a cannon into a hang glide.

1:00.0

I'm hang gliding around this virtual world with palm trees and ocean and trees and cliffs

1:06.4

and waterfalls and a giant Ty Verde.

1:12.6

I spent about 20 minutes in the metaverse and then I got out and went back to the universe

1:17.6

where I don't look like a Lego man.

1:20.6

But where I also don't get to hang glide.

1:23.3

Concerts like the one Ty Verde is just held in the metaverse are becoming increasingly

1:27.6

popular.

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