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Another week means another set of wild stories including the team at The Simulation who've created an AI showrunner to produce entirely new South Park episodes, absolutely wild. We also talk about new brain computer interfaces and zombie games in Fortnite. Just another classic week in the metaverse. Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welcome to the Metaverse Podcast and community, which is now a...

Roblox the biggest game on the planet with 66 million users per day, is coming to VR! Could this be a major milestone in the metaverse journey? Plus Elon Musk says we need to worry about a 'Terminator Future' when it comes to the development of AI, so has started xAI to try and stop it. AI can also now read your emotions and much more as Tom steps in for Supermassive in this week's epi...

So you know Esports is a massive deal, you keep hearing about the gigantic prizes and the crazy amounts of viewers but perhaps you also have some questions. How does it work? Who are the major teams? What are the tournaments? How many people watch? Is it a real sport? In this episode we dive into all of the above, your crash course in Esports. This is Esports explained Welcome to the new and re-va...

Tara Annison has spent the last 4 years as Head of Technical Crypto Advisory at Elliptic - where she has spent her time tracking some of the biggest crypto hacks, heists and malicious activity. In this mind-blowing episode, she tells us the stories of how hackers attempt to steal your funds and get away with it, as well as the tactics we should be looking out for as we head towards a world of far...

Gaming has come a long way since the days of blowing on an N64 cartridge to desperately try and make it work again. Now it is the biggest entertainment industry on the planet worth $200 billion globally. We've seen plenty of controversial moments along the way and Web3 gaming is definitely the next one to enter the ring. Is it all a scam or might this be the biggest moment in gaming history? W...

It's an absolute all-you-can-eat buffet of metaverse stories this week. We talk about a major video games and Esports report, which suggests the industry is on track to make $70 billion this year. The Pacific island of Tuvalu is sinking under the sea so they want to preserve it in the metaverse. 40 of the biggest CS:GO traders have been busted, sending $2 million worth of skins to 0. Azuki dro...

Chris Ebeling is the co-creator of the massively popular digital horse racing game Zed Run (3.5m races and $60M paid out), who is now working on a new project that could be shaping up to be the Fortnite of Sport. Plus we put Elon and Zuck in a cage match on WWE and someone hacked a Tesla to unlock 'Elon Mode'. Just another normal week in the metaverse. Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welc...

This is an interview with Roberto Nickson, the founder of hugely popular Instagram account Metav3rse, Eluna AI and the MV3 NFT (which last week he announced has been sunset). He recently posted a very honest blog post on why he felt he had to close down MV3, why the current NFT space is largely a 'culture casino' and his thoughts on the future of this space. Thank you to Roberto for being...

Spongebob ended up in car crash because Squidward thought he was being tracked by the CIA. Peter Griffin and the rest of the Family Guy cast have been plotting to escape after being investigated for murder and AI generated Seinfeld got overly offensive so had to be removed. AI generated TV shows have been popping up all over the internet, with some quite disturbing consequences. But that's not...

It seems very clear now that Nike are going all in on their web3 digital sneaker venture .swoosh. Having sold millions of dollars worth of their 'Our Force 1' recent drop, Nike have now released a teaser trailer to their 198M followers suggesting .swoosh will be launching a sneaker treasure hunt in Fortnite! Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welcome to the Metaverse Podcast and community, w...

There has never been a better time to get into VR than this moment right now and there are hundreds of weird, mindblowing, terrifying and straight up hilarious things that you can do in the virtual realm. In this episode, we run through a list of the 10 most fun, which includes taking down Zombies,  playing a game of Gorilla tag, learning to DJ on a $10,000 Pioneer setup, hunting ghosts and much m...

Asking ChatGPT to constantly be our new AI brain is amazing but all of that compute power has to come from somewhere. And as we move closer to a fully fledged metaverse with AI fuelling 3D creation, GPU is in short supply. Could RNDR, the blockchain network that let's us rent out our spare GPU be the solution? Also in this episode; Roblox have introduced digital scarcity , Mark Zuckerberg resp...

It happened! Apple arrived late to the party but wearing the coolest outfit of all, even if the Apple Vision Pro does look a bit like a futuristic scuba diving mask that you definitely can't get wet. So, do you sell all of your possessions (and potentially an organ) to fork out the $3500 or are the other headsets on the market what you need? In this episode we dive into the VR, AR and XR space...

Deep fakes are not new of course but recently they have got really REALLY easy for anyone to create without training a model themselves and on a regular computer. On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, we dive into how they are made and how you can make your own in seconds. Things are about to get very weird and fast. Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welcome to the Metaverse Podc...

Here's some questions you didn't think you'd ask yourself this week : Would you be up for a microchip in your brain and can Sam Altman of OpenAi scan your eyeballs so that you can prove who you really are? There's also new Meta Quest 3 rumours, NVIDIA showcasing the future of AI in games, robots making humans sad in the name of art and Doctor Who in the Sandbox. Just another normal...

Introducing the world's most terrifying robots that exist on planet earth today. Scientists warned us but we mostly ignored them and made them anyway, good work humans! I for one welcome our new robot overlords and am looking forward to their reign. We dive into the amazing but disturbing progress of Boston Dynamics, Optimus aka the Tesla bot, Sophia, Ameca, one that escaped from the laborator...

There's no need for us to tell you what the show is about today because AI CAN LITERALLY READ YOUR MIND NOW. We chat through what is happening and how it has already been tested in games. We also cover intelligent NPCs and using ChatGPT as your wingman/person/droid, as well as how the metaverse might be used to go back and relive your favourite moments in life. Miss this episode at your peril....

The virtual humans are here but what does this mean for us regular physical humans!? In this episode we cover the vtuber origins through to the latest and most hyper real virtual human Ana, who interestingly is made by Krafton, the game studio responsible for PUBG. On this week's episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse Podcast, dive into why this trend continues to explode and the opportunitie...

Just another quiet week in the land of AI and the metaverse as we see influencer Caryn Majorie with 1.8 million followers on snapchat release an AI version of herself. She charged $1 per minute to use it and made $72,000 in just 1 week, it hasn't even properly launched yet. Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welcome to the Metaverse Podcast and community, which is now. BasedAF production. You ca...

Since Fortnite's first release in 2017, it is garnered 500 million player accounts and 70 million monthly active users. We've seen Battle Royale Mode, Creative Mode and now the next chapter - the Fortnite Unreal Engine Editor (UEFN). In this episode we bring you up to date on the Fortnite story so far, explain what the latest release - UEFN is. We also talk about why it's such a BIG de...

The IOC have just announced that Sport Shooting has joined the Olympic Esports Series, with the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)’s challenge featuring Fortnite. The Olympic Esports series is taking place from the 22nd to the 25th June 2023 and sport shooting has now joined the ranks! It will take place on a specially designed Fortnite Creative Island and will see twelve players from...

The digital sneaker revolution is coming, along with the opportunity to be early to this next frontier. Nike, RTFKT, Adidas, Puma and Lacoste are all on board but what happens next? Legendary sneaker artist Sekure D, who is famed for being one of the pioneers of customisation takes on a journey through sneaker history and puts the puzzle pieces together of where this all goes. Welcome to the new a...

With the heavily rumoured Apple RealityPro mixed reality headset on the way in June, the pieces are falling into place for augmented reality to have a major mainstream moment. In this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse Podcast, we look at all of the coolest examples of AR today and why it is likely about to explode into mainstream consciousness. Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welcome to the...

Replika is an AI companion app that has been downloaded 10s of millions of times and provides you with an AI friend, coach or romantic partner. It recently made headlines after users began using it for explicit conversations and falling in love with their AI counterparts. In this episode we dive into the future of AI dating, relationships and love in the metaverse. We talk to the founder and CEO o...

It’s been a WILD month in the world of AI; with AI Jay-Z, new human-like robots and our digital selves becoming immortal! This is the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast where we explore the future of humans and technology. In this episode we discuss just what the hell is going on with the exponential pace of AI and all that it means for you, as we approach episode 100! Welcome to the new and re-vamp...