Welcome to the Metaverse

Dillon Rosenblatt is the Co-Founder (alongside Tom Brady) of Autograph - a platform that is bringing together some of the most legendary names across sport, entertainment, pop-culture, fashion and more to create unique digital collectibles. On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, we chat all about the role of NFTs in sport, entertainment and fandom and how they can enable a richer...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, we get ready for Metaverse Fashion Week, happening on 24th-27th March in Decentraland. We have 3 awesome guests on the show - Gigi - Producer at Decentraland Foundation and Head of Metaverse Fashion Week, Punk8621 from PangeaDAO & Melanie from Parcel. We discuss what you can expect from the first of it's kind event, what major brands wil...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to the creators behind the incredible deep fake of Tom Cruise , which went viral last year. We talk about how deep fakes are made and their role in the future of a hyperreal metaverse. Click here to check out the viral video. The team behind its creation are a company called Metaphysic , who build AI models and software to automa...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to Nicholas Pringle - Senior Vice President, Executive Creative Director at R/GA London. R/GA are a Global Innovation Brand who’ve won multiple awards and whose clients include Nike, Google, Reddit, Samsung, Verizon and more. In this episode we talk about the different ways to enter the metaverse as both an established brand...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to Morten Grubak - Global Executive Creative Director of VICE / VIRTUE about their entry to the metaverse. They recently launched VICE HQ in Decentraland, a stunning piece of digital architecture and the hub of their future in web 3.0. Morten has an incredible insight into the vision for VICE in the metaverse and more broadly. We also...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, we revisit the major virtual worlds both centralised and decentralised to see how they have developed, how many users are participating and what metaverse experiences will win. Will it be Roblox or Fortnite, Decentraland or The Sandbox, Somnium Space or Wilder World, or something totally new? ======================= This podcast is sponsored...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I bring you the metaverse news that you need to know in under 15 minutes. The NFT and metaverse space moves at lightening speed and it's sometimes hard to keep up, so this episode will bring you up to speed with the major headlines quickly. We cover Disney's latest developments and major hire in this space, Roblox hiring the first ever metav...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to undoubtedly one of the smartest minds in the space, Robby Yung CEO of Animoca Brands. For anyone who doesn’t know, Animoca Brands are a major leader in this space with a very impressive portfolio across digital entertainment, blockchain and gaming - they develop and publish a wide slate of original games including The Sandbox, REVV...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, we explore the amazing world of DAOs aka Decentralised Autonomous Organisations with the awesome Danny Greene from MeebitsDAO. DAOs are a way of collectively organising a group of people (and often funds) in an open, transparent and decentralised way, using blockchain technology. It sounds complicated but its a super interesting way to organ...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, we explore the fascinating world of play-to-earn gaming guilds with co-founder of Yield Guild Games - Gabby Dizon. Blockchain has enabled thousands of people around the world to earn money from playing video games as the 'play-to-earn' movement begins to disrupt the biggest entertainment industry on the planet - in favour of the players. Yie...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, we explore the fascinating world of digital fashion with CEO & Founder of major digital fashion house The Fabricant - Kerry Murphy.  The Fabricant has worked with some of the biggest brands on the planet including Adidas, Puma, Tommy Hilfiger, the recent H&M digital fashion campaign with Maisie Williams and are soon to launch Th...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I bring you the metaverse news that you need to know in under 20 minutes. The NFT and metaverse space moves at lightening speed and it's sometimes hard to keep up, so this episode will bring you up to speed with the major headlines quickly. We cover OpenSea (the dominant NFT trading platform that did almost $20 billion of volume last year) a...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to Jordan Lejuwaan - who has founded a series of incredibly unique and highly successful businesses, covering everything from psychedelics to immersive virtual reality art experiences - he’s someone knows how to launch an idea, raise money, execute on that and make it successful. The most recent venture that he’s involved in is called...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to Alexander Fernandez - CEO and Co-Founder of Streamline Media Group  - who have been making video games for the past 20 years - including some of the biggest titles in the world like Gears of War, Unreal Tournament and Final Fantasy XV. They are now heavily involved in building out the future of the metaverse. Last year they al...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to John Egan - CEO of L'Atelier - who for the last 40 years have been writing and putting out reports about big technological changes that impact society and change the world. The metaverse being the latest of those massive trends that is beginning to do the same. It was brilliant to have John on the show. He is super smart and i...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to George aka Fatlion (an awesome blockchain developer) about how blockchains, smart contracts and NFTs actually work.  George is the developer on the super successful project Wavelength by Kaleb Johnston - an awesome art series, which recently shot to number 3 of most volume traded on OpenSea doing 1400 ETH (approx $6 million)....

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to Nathan Phillips about artificial intelligence (AI) and its role in the future of the metaverse. If you've ever wondered what artificial intelligence really is, how it works, how advanced it is and what role it plays in the future of our digital world, this episode is for you. Nathan is the Co-founder and Director of Concept Design...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I bring you the metaverse news that you need to know in under 20 minutes. The NFT and metaverse space moves at lightening speed and it is sometimes hard to keep up, so this episode will bring you up to speed with the major headlines quickly. In this episode we talk about Adidas entering the metaverse in a major way alongside Nike in Roblox,...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to Jordi aka Kwebbelkop - a youtuber with 15 million subscribers and over 6 and a half billion views on his channel. Kwebbelkop has built a content empire, owns a video game company and has now entered the NFT and metaverse space with his new project LaunchMyNFT - a platform to help you launch your NFT collection in minutes, on your o...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to the CEO and Founder of immersive blockchain virtual world Somnium Space - Artur Sychov. Somnium Space has a real focus on being fully immersive in virtual reality - right down to being able to feel the raindrops on your body in the world! (more on this in the conversation) It really is amazing what Artur and the team have built - I...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to one of the leading voices and brightest minds in the whole metaverse & NFT space; the awesome Cathy Hackl. In this episode we discuss what stage the metaverse is currently at and how you can be part of the future with the awesome Republic Realm Academy, which is open for registration now. Cathy Hackl is a globally recognised bu...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to the founder of the world's first virtual influencer agency - Dudley Nevill-Spencer. This conversation blew my mind as we talk through what a virtual influencer is, what is currently happening, how they are very likely to be the new celebrities of the metaverse and how it all connects with NFTs too. I left this conversation genuinel...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I've put together 6 major news headlines from the metaverse in under 15 minutes. A way of you getting up to date quickly with what is happening in this space.  We cover Facebook's continued plans to invest heavily in the metaverse and their upcoming name change, a review of the Decentraland Metaverse Festival, Adobe's new NFT authentica...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to Asad J. Malik , CEO of Jadu AR . As you’ll hear in the episode, Asad's team have worked with some incredible people in the NFT space including major Canadian artist and NFT superstar 'Grimes'. Asad himself also directed a music video with pussy riot which went onto do over half a million dollars in NFT sales. Their latest project i...

On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to Jason 'Bitbender' Brink , who is President of Blockchain of Gala Games . Gala Games are a platform building a whole range of blockchain games and have been making some serious moves in the space over the last few months. As we start to explore deeper into this space, it becomes very clear that they are going to be big players in th...