How to Build a Rich and Vibrant Metaverse Economy with Jon Radoff - Step into the Metaverse Podcast: EP02
How to Build a Rich and Vibrant Metaverse Economy with Jon Radoff - Step into the Metaverse Podcast: EP02
In the second episode of the Step into the Metaverse Podcast, I had a chat with Jon Radoff, the Co-Founder and CEO of Beamable, the creator-centric platform for building live games. An internationally recognized entrepreneur and technology visionary, Mr Radoff has grown businesses in the fields of computer gaming, social networking, advertising and enterprise technology.
Before founding Beamable, Mr Radoff built one of the first commercial games on the Internet, took a web content management company public, grew a game advertising network, and launched mobile games played by millions of people, including Game of Thrones Ascent and Star Trek Timelines. His writing, captured in his blog Building the Metaverse, envisions a future driven by the culture change as people go digital. ReadWrite.com named Mr Radoff as one of the top 30 most influential people in the Metaverse.
We had a great conversation about what the Metaverse means for gaming, the seven layers of the Metaverse, how the Metaverse will change the future of work, and which things we have to do differently when developing Web 3.0 compared to Web 2.0. Stay tuned to this incredibly valuable 27-minute episode for that and more.
Highlights
- [01:12] - Growing up in the Metaverse and becoming a Web 3.0 gaming guru.
- [05:36] - Dematerializing Life: Will we all be living in the Metaverse in future?
- [08:20] - Understanding the seven layers of the Metaverse.
- [11:20] - The role that games will play in the Metaverse.
- [13:07] - How the Metaverse will change the future of work.
- [14:47] - SSI in the Metaverse and how critically important it is.
- [19:11] - Digital twins, enterprise Metaverse, and simulations in general.
- [20:37] - Ensuring a rich and vibrant Metaverse economy.
- [23:53] - Preventative measures that can help curb dangers in the Metaverse.
Quotes
“Everything, where you can feasibly de-materialize or digitize an experience, can move into the metaverse” - Jon Radoff
“Blockchain is about programmatic value exchange which is completely revolutionary” - Jon Radoff
“Digital twins are part of simulation” - Jon Radoff
“To do accurate simulations that are based on the real world, you want to be able to bring information about the current state of the real world into your simulation so that you can model around it” - Jon Radoff
“Digital twins are really about largely taking information from the real world and creating a bridge between it and the metaverse” - Jon Radoff
Learn More About Jon in the Links Below:
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonradoff/
- Website - https://beamable.com/
- Twitter - https://twitter.com/jradoff
If you are interested in learning more about the metaverse, you can order my book Step into the Metaverse here.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Jon Radoff and what is his role in the metaverse space?
Jon Radoff is the Co-Founder and CEO of Beamable, a creator-centric platform for building live games. He is an internationally recognized entrepreneur who has grown businesses in computer gaming, social networking, advertising and enterprise technology. He built one of the first commercial games on the Internet and launched mobile games played by millions, including Game of Thrones Ascent and Star Trek Timelines. He also writes the blog Building the Metaverse and was named one of the top 30 most influential people in the Metaverse by ReadWrite.com.
Link to this questionWhat are digital twins and how do they relate to the metaverse?
Digital twins are described as part of simulation, largely taking information from the real world and creating a bridge between it and the metaverse. To do accurate simulations based on the real world, information about the current state of the real world needs to be brought into the simulation so that modeling can occur around it.
Link to this questionWhat experiences can move into the metaverse?
According to Jon Radoff, everything where an experience can feasibly be de-materialized or digitized can move into the metaverse. This reflects a broader vision of a future driven by cultural change as people go digital, dematerializing aspects of life into digital form.
Link to this questionWhy is blockchain important to the metaverse economy?
Blockchain matters because it enables programmatic value exchange, which is described as completely revolutionary. This capability is discussed as part of ensuring a rich and vibrant metaverse economy, alongside topics like self-sovereign identity and enterprise use of digital twins and simulations.
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