The metaverse could offer multitrilliondollar opportunities for businesses in the long term, with the potential to transform many aspects of daily life.

00:00 How the metaverse could transform our daily lives
01:22 How filmmakers are using metaverse technology
02:30 What is the metaverse?
04:09 An opportunity for creative industries
05:59 How tech titans are profiting off the metaverse
06:53 What is Roblox?
09:51 Gen Z: metaverse natives
10:48 How the metaverse could help climate change responses
12:15 What is a digital twin?
14:33 What’s missing from the metaverse?
16:26 How mixed reality devices are transforming the military and health care
19:41 What’s next?

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