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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 will be present, how you can get involved and some surprises to look out for! One not to miss!
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This podcast is sponsored by the awesome Everyrealm (previously Republic Realm) who are a leader in metaverse innovation, investment, and NFTs. They are among the largest owners of digital real estate NFTs in Decentraland, The Sandbox and Axie Infinity to name just a few.
They’re also the creators of the Fantasy Islands metaverse NFT project, the ultra-luxury metaverse destination and community in The Sandbox and beyond. They’ve also just launched their luxury digital wearables as part of the collection, designed by The Fabricant.
And recently they also dropped their collection of GFTs in partnership with Atari, one of the world’s most iconic brands - it’s a collection designed for gifting or of course you could keep your GFT for yourself.
You can find out more about what they are up to at everyrealm.com, join their substack newsletter with updates about the wider metaverse here realmroundup.substack.com and follow on twitter https://www.twitter.com/everyrealm and discord here discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
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Everyrealm's Links
Twitter : https://www.twitter.com/everyrealm
Discord : discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
Substack : realmroundup.substack.com
Website https://www.everyrealm.com
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Decentraland Links :
Website : https://decentraland.org/
Decentraland Blog : https://decentraland.org/blog/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/decentraland
Discord : https://discord.com/invite/ZhJ47Xm
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PangeaDAO Links :
Website : https://www.pangeadao.org/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/PangeaDAO
Punk8621 Twitter : https://twitter.com/Punk8621
Discord : http://discord.gg/pangea
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Parcel Links :
Website : https://parcel.so/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/ParcelNFT
Melanie Twitter : https://twitter.com/parablocks
Discord : discord.gg/7qUaAQf2Hs
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My links :
Twitter : https://twitter.com/metaverseluke
Email : metaversepod@gmail.com
Consultancy : www.wagmi-agency.com
To join my NFT drops and metaverse newsletter, head to metaverseluke.substack.com
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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 automate hyperreal synthetic content creation at internet scale. They produce the world's most sophisticated and well-known AI-generated content that is indistinguishable from footage shot with a camera. In this episode I chat to the excellent Tom Graham, CEO and Co-founder of Metaphysic. This is one you don't want to miss!
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This podcast is sponsored by the awesome Everyrealm (previously Republic Realm) who are a leader in metaverse innovation, investment, and NFTs. They are among the largest owners of digital real estate NFTs in Decentraland, The Sandbox and Axie Infinity to name just a few.
They’re also the creators of the Fantasy Islands metaverse NFT project, the ultra-luxury metaverse destination and community in The Sandbox and beyond. They’ve also just launched their luxury digital wearables as part of the collection, designed by The Fabricant.
And recently they also dropped their collection of GFTs in partnership with Atari, one of the world’s most iconic brands - it’s a collection designed for gifting or of course you could keep your GFT for yourself.
You can find out more about what they are up to at everyrealm.com, join their substack newsletter with updates about the wider metaverse here realmroundup.substack.com and follow on twitter https://www.twitter.com/everyrealm and discord here discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
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Metaphysic Links :
Website : https://metaphysic.ai/
Contact : info@metaphysic.ai
Twitter : https://twitter.com/Metaphysic_ai
Tom Graham (CEO and Co-Founder) :
tom@metaphysic.ai
https://twitter.com/tomgtgraham
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomgtgraham/
Chris Ume (Co-Founder)
https://www.instagram.com/vfxchrisume/
DeepTomCruise on TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@deeptomcruise
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My links :
Twitter : https://twitter.com/metaverseluke
Email : metaversepod@gmail.com
Consultancy : www.wagmi-agency.com
To join my weekly NFT drops and metaverse newsletter, head to metaverseluke.substack.com
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Everyrealm's Links
Twitter : https://www.twitter.com/everyrealm
Discord : discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
Substack : realmroundup.substack.com
Website https://www.everyrealm.com
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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 or as a new, potentially metaverse-first brand as well.
There was really no-one better than Nick to talk about this stuff with, his advice is absolute gold and there’s some amazing value in this episode. I’ve got no doubt you’re gonna enjoy this one. Nick is awesome at explaining this world clearly and equally brilliant at thinking differently about this new frontier that is the metaverse (as well as being just a very lovely guy, so thank you so much Nick for coming on!)
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This podcast is sponsored by the awesome Everyrealm (previously Republic Realm) who are a leader in metaverse innovation, investment, and NFTs. They are among the largest owners of digital real estate NFTs in Decentraland, The Sandbox and Axie Infinity to name just a few.
They’re also the creators of the Fantasy Islands metaverse NFT project, the ultra-luxury metaverse destination and community in The Sandbox and beyond. They’ve also just launched their luxury digital wearables as part of the collection, designed by The Fabricant.
And recently they also dropped their collection of GFTs in partnership with Atari, one of the world’s most iconic brands - it’s a collection designed for gifting or of course you could keep your GFT for yourself.
You can find out more about what they are up to at everyrealm.com, join their substack newsletter with updates about the wider metaverse here realmroundup.substack.com and follow on twitter https://www.twitter.com/everyrealm and discord here discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
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Nicholas Pringle / R/GA Links :
Website : https://www.rga.com/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/RGA
Nicholas Pringle Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-pringle-3955a431/
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My links :
Twitter : https://twitter.com/metaverseluke
Email : metaversepod@gmail.com
Consultancy : www.wagmi-agency.com
To join my weekly NFT drops and metaverse newsletter, head to metaverseluke.substack.com
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Everyrealm's Links
Twitter : https://www.twitter.com/everyrealm
Discord : discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
Substack : realmroundup.substack.com
Website https://www.everyrealm.com
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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 talk about an amazing piece of research that VIRTUE (the creative agency by VICE) have put together called The Screenwear Paper (in partnership with The Dematerialised), all about interest and consumer behaviour around digital fashion.
Some absolute gold in this episode, thank you Morten for coming on. All links below
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This podcast is sponsored by the awesome Everyrealm (previously Republic Realm) who are a leader in metaverse innovation, investment, and NFTs. They are among the largest owners of digital real estate NFTs in Decentraland, The Sandbox and Axie Infinity to name just a few.
They’re also the creators of the Fantasy Islands metaverse NFT project, the ultra-luxury metaverse destination and community in The Sandbox and beyond. They’ve also just launched their luxury digital wearables as part of the collection, designed by The Fabricant.
And recently they also dropped their collection of GFTs in partnership with Atari, one of the world’s most iconic brands - it’s a collection designed for gifting or of course you could keep your GFT for yourself.
You can find out more about what they are up to at everyrealm.com, join their substack newsletter with updates about the wider metaverse here realmroundup.substack.com and follow on twitter https://www.twitter.com/everyrealm and discord here discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
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Morten Grubak Links :
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/grubak/
VIRTUE : https://www.virtueworldwide.com/
VICE : https://www.vice.com/en
The Screenwear Paper : https://www.virtueworldwide.com/screenwear-report-digital-fashion
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My links :
Twitter : https://twitter.com/metaverseluke
Email : metaversepod@gmail.com
Consultancy : www.wagmi-agency.com
To join my weekly NFT drops and metaverse newsletter, head to metaverseluke.substack.com
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Everyrealm's Links
Twitter : https://www.twitter.com/everyrealm
Discord : discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
Substack : realmroundup.substack.com
Website https://www.everyrealm.com
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In this episode we talk about :
- Vice Media Group and the award-winning work they do across multiple disciplines, news, film, music, entertainment and all about VIRTUE the creative agency powered by VICE, known for working with some of the biggest brands on the planet
- Vice's HQ in Decentraland, how it came about and the partnership with architectural powerhouse Bjarke Ingels Group
- Vice's vision for their HQ and hub in the metaverse
- As leaders of disruptive internet content, how are they viewing this move into web 3.0 and the metaverse?
- What the best type of content is to engage users and how user generated / collaborative content will be key
- The benefits of being reactive with a digital space vs. in the physical world
- How the nature of 3D and immersive experiences change how we connect with each other, learn and bring people together
- Where we are on the timeline of adoption for the metaverse
- The headline findings from The Screenwear Report - some amazing statistics suggesting digital fashion is not 'something for the future' but here now
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?
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This podcast is sponsored by the awesome Everyrealm (previously Republic Realm) who are a leader in metaverse innovation, investment, and NFTs. They are among the largest owners of digital real estate NFTs in Decentraland, The Sandbox and Axie Infinity to name just a few.
They’re also the creators of the Fantasy Islands metaverse NFT project, the ultra-luxury metaverse destination and community in The Sandbox and beyond. They’ve also just launched their luxury digital wearables as part of the collection, designed by The Fabricant.
And this week they also dropped their collection of GFTs in partnership with Atari, one of the world’s most iconic brands - it’s a collection designed for gifting or of course you could keep your GFT for yourself.
You can find out more about what they are up to at everyrealm.com, join their substack newsletter with updates about the wider metaverse here realmroundup.substack.com and follow on twitter https://www.twitter.com/everyrealm and discord here discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
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My links :
Twitter : https://twitter.com/metaverseluke
Email : metaversepod@gmail.com
Consultancy : www.wagmi-agency.com
To join my weekly NFT drops and metaverse newsletter, head to metaverseluke.substack.com
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Everyrealm's Links
Twitter : https://www.twitter.com/everyrealm
Discord : discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
Substack : realmroundup.substack.com
Website https://www.everyrealm.com
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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 metaverse stylist, McDonalds building virtual restaurants, the NFT house you can live in and more.
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This podcast is sponsored by the awesome Everyrealm (previously Republic Realm) who are a leader in metaverse innovation, investment, and NFTs. They are among the largest owners of digital real estate NFTs in Decentraland, The Sandbox and Axie Infinity to name just a few.
They’re also the creators of the Fantasy Islands metaverse NFT project, the ultra-luxury metaverse destination and community in The Sandbox and beyond. They’ve also just launched their luxury digital wearables as part of the collection, designed by The Fabricant.
And this week they also dropped their collection of GFTs in partnership with Atari, one of the world’s most iconic brands - it’s a collection designed for gifting or of course you could keep your GFT for yourself.
You can find out more about what they are up to at everyrealm.com, join their substack newsletter with updates about the wider metaverse here realmroundup.substack.com and follow on twitter https://www.twitter.com/everyrealm and discord here discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
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My links :
Twitter : https://twitter.com/metaverseluke
Email : metaversepod@gmail.com
Consultancy : www.wagmi-agency.com
To join my weekly NFT drops and metaverse newsletter, head to metaverseluke.substack.com
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Everyrealm's Links
Twitter : https://www.twitter.com/everyrealm
Discord : discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
Substack : realmroundup.substack.com
Website https://www.everyrealm.com
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Links from this episode :
Disney article from The Verge : https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/15/22935445/disney-metaverse-strategy-plans-mike-white-memo
McDonalds are building virtual restaurants : https://coingeek.com/mcdonald-wants-to-join-metaverse-via-virtual-restaurant-selling-big-macs-and-nfts/
The first ever metaverse stylist : https://graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/news/fashion-metaverse-stylist/
The NFT house you can live in : https://luxurylaunches.com/real_estate/you-can-actually-buy-and-live-inside-the-worlds-first-real-life-nft-luxury-mansion-in-miami.php
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 Racing, Crazy Kings, the upcoming Bored Ape Yacht Club game and AAA title Phantom Galaxies alongside products with major IP’s including Formula One, Disney and WWE to name just a few.
They were also very early investors in the likes of Axie Infinity, OpenSea, Dapper Labs, Star Atlas and more and continue to invest in NFT-related companies and decentralised products that are contributing to building the open metaverse,
This is a monster episode, full of value both on where this whole space is heading and what Animoca are focussed on at the minute. I knew Robby was going to be awesome and it was great to have him on so thank you Robby!
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This podcast is sponsored by the awesome Republic Realm who are a leader in metaverse innovation, investment, and NFTs. They are among the largest owners of digital real estate NFTs in Decentraland, The Sandbox and Axie Infinity to name just a few.
They’re also the creators of the Fantasy Islands metaverse NFT project, the ultra-luxury metaverse destination and community in The Sandbox and beyond. They’ve also just launched their luxury digital wearables as part of the collection, designed by The Fabricant.
And this week they also dropped their collection of GFTs in partnership with Atari, one of the world’s most iconic brands - it’s a collection designed for gifting or of course you could keep your GFT for yourself.
You can find out more about what they are up to at republicrealm.com, join their substack newsletter with updates about the wider metaverse here realmroundup.substack.com and follow on twitter https://www.twitter.com/joinrepublic_RE and discord here discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
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As always nothing in podcast is financial or investment advice, always do your own research.
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Animoca Brands links
Animoca Brands Twitter : https://twitter.com/animocabrands
Robby Yung's Twitter : https://twitter.com/viewfromhk
Animoca Brands Website : https://www.animocabrands.com/
Animoca Brands Blog : https://animocabrands.medium.com/
My links :
Twitter : https://twitter.com/metaverseluke
Agency : https://www.wagmi-agency.com
Email : metaversepod@gmail.com
To join my weekly NFT drops and metaverse newsletter, head to metaverseluke.substack.com
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Republic Realm's Links
Twitter : https://www.twitter.com/joinrepublic_RE
Discord : discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
Substack : realmroundup.substack.com
Website https://www.republicrealm.com
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In this episode we talk about :
- Who Animoca Brands are for newcomers and their vision/mission for the metaverse - bringing digital property rights to gamers
- Why NFTs using blockchain fix a major flaw with the current model of the internet and why that is important for everyone
- Why our current experience of the internet is on the surface good but is missing a whole layer of value - digital property rights
- Why blockchain and NFTs is far more than just owning individual digital items but having a stake in the broader network
- What exciting things are coming up for Animoca Brands and much more!
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 organise community around NFT projects but also any larger cause. All is explained simply in this episode!
Danny did an awesome job of explaining this area simply and the huge potential that DAOs are unlocking already.
Make sure you give Danny a follow at : https://twitter.com/dannygreene
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This podcast is sponsored by the awesome Republic Realm who are a leader in metaverse innovation, investment, and NFTs. They are among the largest owners of digital real estate NFTs in Decentraland, The Sandbox and Axie Infinity to name just a few.
They’re also the creators of the Fantasy Islands metaverse NFT project, the ultra-luxury metaverse destination and community in The Sandbox and beyond. They’ve also just launched their luxury digital wearables as part of the collection, designed by The Fabricant.
And this week they also dropped their collection of GFTs in partnership with Atari, one of the world’s most iconic brands - it’s a collection designed for gifting or of course you could keep your GFT for yourself.
You can find out more about what they are up to at republicrealm.com, join their substack newsletter with updates about the wider metaverse here realmroundup.substack.com and follow on twitter https://www.twitter.com/joinrepublic_RE and discord here discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
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As always nothing in podcast is financial or investment advice, always do your own research.
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My links :
Twitter : https://twitter.com/metaverseluke
Email : metaversepod@gmail.com
To join my weekly NFT drops and metaverse newsletter, head to metaverseluke.substack.com
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Republic Realm's Links
Twitter : https://www.twitter.com/joinrepublic_RE
Discord : discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
Substack : realmroundup.substack.com
Website https://www.republicrealm.com
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MeebitsDAO links
MeebitsDAO Twitter : https://twitter.com/MeebitsDAO
Danny Greene's Twitter : https://twitter.com/dannygreene
MeebitsDAO Website : meebitsdao.world
MeebitsDAO Discord : https://discord.com/invite/zuJUaTjWBZ
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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. Yield Guild Games is an amazing, open collective of players, managers and scholars who share over $100 million of gaming assets and earn from playing in a decentralised way.
This chat with Gabby absolutely blew my mind and it was fascinating to hear about the incredible real world impact that blockchain gaming communities are making around the world, raising staggering amounts of money for communities in need. I loved this episode, thank you Gabby for coming on!
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This podcast is sponsored by the awesome Republic Realm who are a leader in metaverse innovation, investment, and NFTs. They are among the largest owners of digital real estate NFTs in Decentraland, The Sandbox and Axie Infinity to name just a few.
They’re also the creators of the Fantasy Islands metaverse NFT project, the ultra-luxury metaverse destination and community in The Sandbox and beyond. They’ve also just launched their luxury digital wearables as part of the collection, designed by The Fabricant.
You can find out more about what they are up to at republicrealm.com, join their substack newsletter with updates about the wider metaverse here realmroundup.substack.com and follow on twitter https://www.twitter.com/joinrepublic_RE and discord here discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
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As always nothing in podcast is financial or investment advice, always do your own research.
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Republic Realm's Links
Twitter : https://www.twitter.com/joinrepublic_RE
Discord : discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
Substack : realmroundup.substack.com
Website https://www.republicrealm.com
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Yield Guild Games' Links
YGG Twitter : https://twitter.com/YieldGuild
Gabby Dizon Twitter : https://twitter.com/gabusch
YGG Website : https://yieldguild.io/
YGG Discord : discord.gg/ygg
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My links :
Twitter : https://twitter.com/metaverseluke
Email : metaversepod@gmail.com
To join my weekly NFT drops and metaverse newsletter, head to metaverseluke.substack.com
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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 The Fabricant Studio. There was no better person to talk about what is happening in this space with than Kerry, he gave some invaluable insight into where this is all going and the future of the metaverse.
I left this episode genuinely buzzing for the future of this space, there is some absolute gold from Kerry in this chat.
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This podcast is sponsored by the awesome Republic Realm who are a leader in metaverse innovation, investment, and NFTs. They are among the largest owners of digital real estate NFTs in Decentraland, The Sandbox and Axie Infinity to name just a few.
They’re also the creators of the Fantasy Islands metaverse NFT project, the ultra-luxury metaverse destination and community in The Sandbox and beyond.
You can find out more about what they are up to at republicrealm.com, join their substack newsletter with updates about the wider metaverse here realmroundup.substack.com and follow on twitter https://www.twitter.com/joinrepublic_RE and discord here discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
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As always nothing in podcast is financial or investment advice, always do your own research.
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Republic Realm's Links
Twitter : https://www.twitter.com/joinrepublic_RE
Discord : discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW
Substack : realmroundup.substack.com
Website https://www.republicrealm.com
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The Fabricant's Links
The Fabricant Twitter : https://twitter.com/the_fab_ric_ant
Kerry Murphy Twitter : https://twitter.com/k3rrymurphy
The Fabricant Website : https://www.thefabricant.com/
The Fabricant Studio Discord : https://discord.gg/krHys5rcdD
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My links :
Twitter : https://twitter.com/metaverseluke
Email : metaversepod@gmail.com
To join my weekly NFT drops and metaverse newsletter, head to metaverseluke.substack.com
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In this conversation we talk about :
- Kerry's journey, how he discovered digital fashion and realised it was about to be the next big wave
- Why fashion is more than just clothes to keep us warm, it's a way of showcasing our identity and story - why digital fashion achieves this in a much more interesting way
- How avatars are going to be crucial to how me experience the metaverse and digital fashion aligns with this
- Major other use cases for digital fashion including more immersive shopping experiences and counterfeit protection
- The current struggles of the fashion industry and how digital fashion can help solve them, along with some of the problems still to be solved that the metaverse will amplify
- Some of the campaigns that The Fabricant have worked on that Kerry is most proud of and why they are moving to creating their own future with The Fabricant Studio
- Mapping out the full lifecycle of a garment and production process for digital fashion
- What needs to happen for digital fashion to go fully mainstream
- The major opportunities ahead and how you can get involved
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