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The 1980s – a time of heavy metal, big hair, and video games. I spoke at immerse Global Summit Metaverse 2.0 conference about what the metaverse industry can learn from the 1980s and 90s video game industry. I was inspired by Console Wars by Blake J. Harris. While reading Console Wars, I couldn’t help but […]
A few weeks ago I made a joke poll on LinkedIn about starting a metaverse book club. The joke quickly got real as the poll exploded and people asked me to start the club. Tonight was the first meeting of the Metaverse Book Club. We discussed The Augmented Workforce by Cathy Hackl and John Buzzell. […]
JPMorgan opened a lounge in Decentraland. They’re now a metaverse company. Or are they? I decided to visit the Onyx lounge myself. It was not easy to find the lounge. I had to look through a couple articles before one that listed the coordinates. It’s at Metajuku mall at 94,21. Once there it was easy […]
In Console Wars (the story of Sega vs. Nintendo), one theme ran through the book. It was this quote, “the name of the game is the game.” The name of the game is the game. Peter Main, Nintendo This quote is coined by Peter Main of Nintendo America. He realized that it was software that […]
Also published on AWEXR.com The metaverse was a major topic in 2021. We saw brands like Nike and Gucci, artists like Ariana Grande, enter the metaverse. Meanwhile, companies like Roblox, Upland, and Facebook (now Meta) make moves to become the metaverse. One piece missing from the metaverse discussion is an Open AR Cloud. Augmented reality […]
I normally wrap up the year with a list of industry books that I enjoyed reading. However, this year I didn’t read any technology books (minus The Augmented Workforce). I spent my time indulging in guilt-free beach reads on Lake Michigan. I enjoyed Elin Hilderbrand’s stories on Nantucket so much that I bought the cookbook […]
Lily Snyder 