Into the Metaverse

May 28 2024 12
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Our mission is to become the leading destination to learn about the Metaverse - what it is, why it’s important, how it will impact our lives, and what opportunities it unlocks. We are pursuing this mission by producing and publishing reliable, insightful and entertaining podcast shows. Join metaverse entrepreneur and thought leader Yonatan Raz-Fridman "Yon" (founder and CEO of Supersocial) as he and his guests help make sense of the Metaverse! Intro music provided by Jeremy Marsan https://jeremymarsan.com/

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EP.94: Yon & Matthew Talk All Things Metaverse

May 28 2024 25 mins  
Welcome back to Into the Metaverse. In this week’s episode, Yon and Matthew dive into four topics from the last week or so that we see as influential to the development of the metaverse. This weeks topics are: Nvidia’s earnings report and how the company is helping fuel the future infrastructure of the metaverse. (More on this in our recent blog post) The recent leadership c

EP.93: Matthew Talks All Things Metaverse

May 17 2024 18 mins  
Welcome back to another episode of Into the Metaverse. In this episode, Matthew breaks down four news items from the past week or so that we believe are important to the development of the metaverse including: Roblox’s earnings results and what it means for brands and IP owners - for additional reading on this topic, check out Matthew’s blog post. (01:00) Microsoft’s strateg

EP.92: The Past Present and Future of Roblox

May 07 2024 72 mins  
Roblox is the closest platform to the true vision of the metaverse; a persistent, immersive, shared, 3D space that re-imagines how users can connect, communicate, play, shop, and express themselves. In a sense, Roblox can be viewed as the public beta of the metaverse. And Roblox is already emerging as the primary social platform for Gen Alpha and younger Gen Z. With 72 million dail

EP.91: Marketing on Roblox & Reaching Gen Z Audiences With Krystal Hauserman

Mar 07 2024 41 mins  
Roblox has a large, vibrant community of Gen Z users that spend on average about 2.5 hours per day on the platform. And to discuss how best to market to this audience, Yon welcomes Krystal Hauserman, a dedicated marketing executive to the podcast. Krystal was previously the CMO of 11:11 media, the company founded by Paris Hilton to transform the celebrity’s consumer products, ent

EP.90: Bringing the Metaverse to the Enterprise with EY’s Edwina Fitzmaurice

Feb 28 2024 36 mins  
How are enterprises viewing investing in the metaverse today? Yon was delighted to welcome Edwina Fitzmaurice, the Chief Customer Success Officer at EY to the podcast. Edwina is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council, an adjunct associate professor at Trinity College Dublin and a board member and chair of the governance committee of WIN: Women in Innova

EP.89: Yon & Matthew Break Down Roblox’s 2023 Results and the Epic x Disney Deal

Feb 13 2024 25 mins  
Roblox just reported a very strong set of results for 2023 and Yon and Matthew are back to break it down. We also had to dive into Epic and Disney’s new partnership. For those that missed it, Disney is investing $1.5 billion for an undisclosed equity stake in Epic. They will partner to build immersive experiences around Disney’s iconic IPs like Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar. Chap

EP.88: Yon & Matthew Talk All Things Metaverse

Jan 30 2024 30 mins  
Welcome back to Into the Metaverse. In this week’s episode, Yon and Matthew dive into four of the most important and interesting news stories related to the metaverse. The topics we discuss today include the smash hit new video game Palworld, the latest salvo in the Apple vs. Epic saga, the launch apps for the Apple Vision Pro and Netflix’s gaming strategy. Check out friend of

EP.87: Digital Twins and the Push to Modernize the Luxury Home Goods Market with Steven Gay - CEO, Mode Maison

Jan 25 2024 32 mins  
To kick off our slate of fantastic guests for 2024, Matthew was delighted to chat with Steven Gay, the CEO of Mode Maison. Mode Maison is the first and only multi-brand retail platform for luxury home goods and the first and only multi-brand retail platform built entirely with digital twins. Steven and Matthew had an excellent conversation about the importance of digital twins in t

EP.86: Yon and Matthew Talk All Things Metaverse

Jan 17 2024 26 mins  
Yon and Matthew are back to kick off 2024 discussing the most important and interesting news stories related to the Metaverse in this week’s edition of Yon & Matthew Talk All Things Metaverse. Topics covered include the recent UGC Gaming Report from Naavik, the latest news around Apple Vision Pro, continued layoffs across the industry, and Yon and Matthew’s favorite debuts

EP.85: Into the Metaverse 2023 Recap and 2024 Preview with Matthew Kanterman - formerly Bloomberg Intelligence, Roundhill Investments and Ball Metaverse Partners

Dec 19 2023 70 mins  
To close out the year, Yon welcomes back to the show former co-host Matthew Kanterman to recap everything that happened in the metaverse in 2023 and to look ahead at what intrigues and excites them the most about 2024 and beyond! Long-time listeners will quickly recognize Matthew as he was here at the inception of the Into the Metaverse podcast back in 2021 as co-host for the firs