The term metaverse was coined nearly 30 years ago by author Neal Stephenson in Snow Crash. In stories like this or Ready Player One, the hero finds a better life for himself in a virtual reality world. McKinsey suggests a market value of $5tn by 2030, while fellow management consultancy firm Gartner predicts a quarter of the world's population will spend at least one hour a day in the metaverse by 2026. But it is not just for games. Today companies are using it to sell, provide customer care, and even remote work. This means it is not just a toy, but serious business. This session will offer a brief introduction to what the metaverse is, and will show some of the current players and use cases, with a bit of a look at what could be.
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Jennifer explains high concepts of using blockchain and virtual spaces to preserve our human history. She will go over ideas that she has encountered through her collaborations with the web3 community, and will dive into how you can implement initiatives to better the future.
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For businesses, the Metaverse is loosely defined as a 3-D virtual world that integrates virtual reality, augmented reality, gaming, and social media, and in which users can interact and engage in… immersive experiences. As an ecosystem that operates in real time and is always active, the metaverse breaks through the limitations of geographical boundaries. This session will address specific use-cases and strategies for businesses to holistically transform consumer engagement, extending realities to bring virtual goods and services to market, and create frictionless commerce in virtual marketplaces. Attendees will hear how companies leverage game design and digital twins to foster unfettered employee collaboration, training and customer onboarding. In addition to insight on 7 key factors and trends to watch for in 2023, this session will provide specific guidance on the most critical aspects for substantive enterprise metaverse adoption: underlying technology that is developer-friendly, secure, and customizable – creating accessible and immersive experiences.
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From hype to integration to application. The Metaverse and Web 3.0 are here and everyone is wondering how these technologies apply to them. This session will explore this latest digital evolution, where the physical and digital worlds blend and morph to give people more control of their digital footprints, identities and representations, what they own, and who has access to the data they create. Metaverse is the Internet of the future and is here to stay.
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The metaverse is not built fully yet and at the early stages of development and conceptualization. We are truly at the beginning. The metaverse creates an opportunity to be innovative in our approach to business and focus on the experiences we create for our customers and clients. It is the time for us to start preparing to incorporate the elements that are appropriate for our business. Education is key to knowing how to navigate the digital space safely and effectively. This session will provide a look at the future of business and the digital and workplace transformation. We will explore opportunities for implementing blockchain technology, digital assets (i.e. NFTs, cryptocurrencies), and technology-related innovation (e.g. Web 3.0) into our business. Additionally, we will discuss the future of work and how that impacts our business and our team’s work. However, we cannot talk about the future of business without addressing cybersecurity and how this could impact our business as we move into the metaverse. To close out the session and discussion, we will focus on developing a strategy to ultimately create experiences for our customers and clients driven by this technology.
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The world has slowly been moving towards the metaverse, it was fortold in Snow Crash and Ready Player One. Now it is arriving and will have major impacts on how businesses work and sell. This session will offer a brief introduction to what the metaverse is, and some of the standards bodies that are making it happen: the Metaverse Standards Forum, Open Metaverse Foundation from the Linux Foundation, and others.
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There's naturally a lot of hype surrounding the Metaverse. It's an exciting, new technology that promises to change the way we interact in many different scenarios. At the same time, there are also many questions about the technology, integration, use cases, standards, security, and much more. This panel will discuss some of those questions and, more importantly, yours. Join this session ready to ask your Metaverse questions.
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We've been on this rollercoaster before - sitting on the edge of transformative technologies that will reshape the landscape of our civilization, our countries, and our culture. But, this time is different - the world's (digital) infrastructure has never before been prebuilt and as optimized for transformation as it is now. Even in the 21st Century alone, times required for mass adoption have shrunk from decades to a few years, mental barriers to integrating new technology now present more of a risk to not adopt, than to remain conservative. It is a business' prerogative to understand how the changing digital landscape can be the difference between survival and stagnation. This talk focuses on the emergence of Web3/Metaverse as fertile new landscapes that industries and investments have never been more better positioned to engage. The heavy lifting of Web2 and the decade of mobile advancement has set up a major boom time ahead - the pics and shovels are digital, and the grid is already set. What infrastructure will define this decade and how infrastructure investment in the past (including recent recessions) have created the titans of today will be considered in the new pastures before us.
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The change of how we work is real and it’s here to stay. The future of work is virtual or hybrid. To truly align with the needs of the modern businesses, we must give them the proper tools to operate in this new reality. Remote teams and organizations need to communicate and collaborate in an engaged and efficient manner. And this is where the metaverse comes in. The immersive experiences ensure engagement among all meeting participants. One cannot nod off or get distracted during a meeting where they’re walking, speaking, gesturing, and interacting with others. Indeed, when people are active, they are much more engaged. Additionally, the 3D environment allows for all necessary information to be brought into the same ‘room’ via integrations and APIs, thus boosting employees’ efficiency and productivity during meetings. We’re just starting building the various Metaverse apps. There are still many unknowns. What we do know, though, is that the Metaverse is inevitable. The younger, digitally-born generations are sure to embrace it. Indeed, data from the Work Trend Index 2022 (a study of 31,000 people in 31 countries) showed that: - Half of Millennials and Gen Z envision doing work in the Metaverse in the next 2 years. - 52% of employees are open to using digital immersive spaces in the metaverse for meetings or team activities in the next year. - 47% of employees are open to representing themselves as an avatar in meetings in the next year. Meetings in the Metaverse are engaged, efficient, and much more fun. A great time to be innovating in this space!
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Drawing on experience as outside legal counsel to several Fortune 500 companies with significant presence in the metaverse, this session will offer insight into how major brands are using the metaverse today to build powerful new e-commerce platforms, streamline their supply chains, and deter counterfeits. The goal of this panel is to move past the hype and help attendees understand what, specifically, is motivating brands to enter the metaverse, as well as the legal and technical challenges that deter wider adoption. We'll explore use cases, enterprise FAQs, and legal best practices for enterprises and vendors.
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This discussion introduces strategies and tactics for business adoption of the Metaverse. This roadmap of adoption explores Metaverse use cases that are both cross-industry and industry-specific. A key starting point is how to enable Work From Anywhere by introducing a Hybrid Reality Office strategy that enables workers to be in their physical and virtual offices at the same time. This session covers design, implementation, adoption, and technology selection, as well as how to measure success, such as increased productivity, collaboration, and competitiveness while reducing costs, and “Zoom fatigue.”
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This panel will include representatives from Coral Gables, Florida and Realwear talking about the city's pilot of a Smart City Metaverse, including a digital twin city, to help in planning and reporting. Cities could reward community members with crypto tokens for providing safety quality controls. Such Remote Video Inspection(RVI) will sync local devices with the cloud, streaming live data and archiving the info to improve the city and the lives of the citizens. Such cutting-edge programming is preparing cities for tomorrow while solving urgent issues of today. Likewise, harnessing $1T of federal funds to build inclusive and resilient cities.
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