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# The metaverse and generative AI; a happy marriage or a disaster.
- URL: https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/the-metaverse-and-generative-ai-a-happy-marriage-or-a-disaster/
- Published: 2023-12-11T10:59:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-27T05:35:58.000Z
- Description: In February, I delivered a talk about how generative AI will unleash the metaverse; a few months later, the media pronounced the metaverse already dead. I think this is shortsighted as humans are made for a 3D immersive internet instead of a 2D internet. The rise of generative...
- Author: Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP
- Tags: News, #seo-post-1

In February, I delivered a talk about how [generative AI](https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/generative-ai-speaker/) will unleash the metaverse; a few months later, the media pronounced the metaverse already dead. I think this is shortsighted as humans are made for a 3D immersive internet instead of a 2D internet. The rise of generative AI could actually catapult the metaverse into the mainstream faster than anything else.

Read the full article on [VentureBeat](https://venturebeat.com/ai/how-the-rise-of-generative-ai-could-kill-the-metaverse-or-save-it/?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com).

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