It's TED Talks Daily. I'm Elise Hugh.

The Metaverse, NFTs, Web 3.

You've probably heard a lot about these lately, but how will the experience of being in the

metaverse feel and work for us?

In her 2021 talk from TEDx Atlanta, educator and creator Elizabeth Strickler shares the future

she and her students imagine as they build their visions for a new, better internet.

Everything in the real world is being recreated in the virtual world, the metaverse.

The metaverse, a persistent digital universe that mirrors our world, but is becoming as diverse

and all-inspiring as the natural world. And you'll be able to do everything you do in the real

world and the virtual world and more. In the real world, in the virtual world, and more.

In the real world, you can walk into a gallery by a one-of-a-kind artwork that is signed and

authenticated as original, take it home, put it on the wall, enjoy it, show it to your friends,

and it might even be an investment. The artwork becomes part of your story and adds meaning to your life.

It marks a time and a feeling for you.

Now, we can have the exact same experience in virtual galleries with digital art.

While this might seem like an obscure niche on the internet, in March of 2021, the major auction house Christies

sold a purely digital artwork by an artist named Beeple for $69 million in cryptocurrency.

The auction, the artwork, and the currency was virtual, but the transaction was very real.

But who can afford a beeple?

Don't worry, there are lots of artists creating digital art

and conceptualizing brand new art forms that you can afford.

I direct media entrepreneurship and innovation

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