The Metaverse Asia Podcast

By: Wayne Cheong
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  • Welcome Everyone to the new The Metaverse Asia Podcast!! If you own #NFTs or #crypto, you’re part of the metaversal experience. #VR and #AR are #metaverse adjacent. If you are a Chief Metaverse Officer, Community Builder, Tech Builder, Founder, Enthusiast or you’ve attended a work meeting or a party using a digital avatar, you’re treading into the neighborhood of #metaversality and focus of our spotlight in Asia and beyond! Recently there has been a lot of #VR #AR investment, with a number of rounds closing. There are a few different reasons - such as low interest rates - but a few factors are at play in the #immersive industry. Here are just a few examples over a few weeks: Jigspace raised $4.7m in Series A funding; Tripp raised $11m in Series A funding; Virti raised $10m in Series A funding; VRChat raised $80m in Series D funding; Magnopus acquired REWIND. Why do our podcast guests and listeners think this is? Are the numbers making sense financially? Are business realising the benefits of using VR/AR for training and are willing to pay extra for the higher retention rates? People are getting use to using AR/VR in their lives and are more willing to use it. The interest is exploding with business and schools. Also the numbers are beginning to get huge on the consumer side. #BeatSaber has sold 4 million copies and 40 million songs and is estimated to have made 180 million (and accelerating) showing the pace of growth in consumer side. On both the consumer and B2B side, the acceleration is because you don’t need a computer and the headset is wireless with VR. The phones are showing AR better with the change in technology in them too. Plus using AR/VR is getting easier to use for most people, ramping up acceptance and adoption. We think all these are the reasons the numbers are getting better and investments are happening. P.S. We have tons of exciting live-taping, podcast episode replays, virtual experience events coming up, starting July 2021! Including the launch of the PodFest Asia Virtual Experience Gallery!! To ensure everyone can attend we are holding the event and announcing new opening times shortly. Can’t make it at these times? Don’t worry! The links to these, and many other cool rooms, will be posted in our show notes as well as our discord server bit.ly/podfestasia for you to check out whenever you like! Stay tuned here for more info, and also check out the newsletter podfestasia.substack.com and our Linktree https://linktr.ee/Podfestasia for all the other exciting events happening over the next month!!
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  • Rafael Pagés | Co-founder and CEO of Volograms

    Rafael Pagés | Co-founder and CEO of Volograms
    Sep 4 2021
    And that's a wrap! 👏 What did you think of July’s incredible TWELVE live-taped episodes of The Metaverse Asia Podcast! Huge thank you to Cathy Hackl, Dan Burgar, Gary James McQueen, Artur Sychov and all our 12 incredible speakers for sharing their amazing insights and perspectives on #XR #Web3 #NFTs #Blockchain #Crypto.  If you missed it, listen to audio replays published every week from Aug 23 on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts and everywhere else! The show features expert guests including... ⭐ Leon Ng, Creative Media Entrepreneur, Founder of LNG Studios  ⭐ Artur Sychov, Founder & CEO of Somnium Space  ⭐ Cathy Hackl, Chief Metaverse Officer ⭐ Irina Karagyaur, Head of Metaverse Growth at Unique Network  ⭐ Dirk Lueth, Co-founder at Uplandme, Inc. ⭐ Dan Burgar, President of VR AR Association Vancouver ⭐ Jake Steinerman, Head of Community at Spatial  ⭐Gary James McQueen, Curator and Creative Director of First Unreal Engine Digital Fashion Show ⭐ Jillian Godsil, MA, BA (hons), CoinDesk Journalist ⭐ Emily Lazar, First Female Rock Singer To Mint An NFT ⭐ Oly, First Female Indie Musician to Record A VR Music Video On Somnium Space ⭐ Michael Potts, Metaverse Architect ⭐ Jimmy Song, Bitcoin Developer, Entrepreneur ⭐ Rafael Pagés, Co-founder and CEO of Volograms (new episode live-taped on 4 Sep 2021) For our second polished episode, we chatted with Rafael Pagés, CEO and co-founder of one of Ireland's most exciting #XR companies, Volograms. We discuss #holograms, #avatars, and #digital #humans and kicked off this show with our thoughts on "ABBA-tars" - how the band ABBA reunited for first album in 40 years and the #tech involved to produce their upcoming virtual concert in LondonThe "making of" video - how the ABBA crew hired from Industrial Light and Magic #ILM described the show as "merging the digital with the physical" - almost the exact words of #KlausSchwab describing the Fourth Industrial Revolution and pitching #TranshumanismHow volumetric video is a new way of viewing sports like football and golf with 3D digital twin of the game popping up in front of a fan on their coffee table or a living room carpet, allowing them to observe the game, goal-scoring moments or a golfer's swing from any point of time from any sideWhat is the difference between volograms, avatars and digital humansHow they fit in different use cases Rafael Pagés is Co-founder and CEO of Volograms, a startup simplifying volumetric video capture, the best way to capture real humans for Augmented & Virtual Reality, and other immersive technologies. Rafael has more than 10 years of experience in the field of 3D reconstruction, both as an entrepreneur and also as a researcher, and he holds a PhD in Computer Vision. Links screen-shared and mentioned during the podcast: Vologram Website: https://www.volograms.comRafael's Personal Website: https://www.rafapages.comHis Twitter: https://twitter.com/rafamolone"Real @GabRoXR watching his vologram in AR captured using @getvolu "controlling" things in VR using @Tvorium and recording in VR using @LIV !!! What do you call something like this?": https://twitter.com/volograms/status/1429790528594399235?s=20 If you missed our live-taping of The Metaverse Asia Podcast, we are happy to announce the PodFest Asia Virtual Experience. Not being able to tune in live to our live-taping of all our podcast shows doesn’t mean we have to miss out on those important sessions and connections. Starting today, enter our Virtual Experience to catch podcast replays, grow your network, attend live events, discuss new ideas, meet old friends or listen to exclusive podcast episodes all from the comfort of your home or office.The Virtual Experience is a fully immersive convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space, augmented reality, and the Internet (accessible by VR Headset such as Oculus VR Quest 2, Mobile or Web) divided into the following podcast show rooms ie. The CMO Asia Podcast*The PodFest Asia Podcast*The Metaverse Asia Podcast**The Sports | Gaming | Live! Podcast*The NFT Asia Podcast*The Nirvana Show Podcast*As well as The Virtual Experience Partners Rooms* that we’ll be announcing in the months to come! Visit all the above immersive digital lounges to explore, network and experience a month of on demand podcast content, live talks and insights from sessions hosted by industry leaders. As you enter and move through the space you will be represented by your avatar. When exploring the space you will be able to join conversations, attend meet ups, interact with podcast guests, speakers, attendees and much more.P.S. No VR headset to enter the metaverse? Fret not, you can still enter our VR World via Web or Mobile. *Opening Soon**Open for free public access 24/7 around the clock P.S. Be part of the audience during all our future live-taping, join us on YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitch. Or just go to YouTube to stream all ...
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    30 mins
  • Jake Steinerman | Head of Community at Spatial

    Jake Steinerman | Head of Community at Spatial
    Aug 23 2021
    And that's a wrap! 👏 What did you think of July’s incredible TWELVE live-taped episodes of The Metaverse Asia Podcast! Huge thank you to Cathy Hackl, Dan Burgar, Gary James McQueen, Artur Sychov and all our 12 incredible speakers for sharing their amazing insights and perspectives on #XR #Web3 #NFTs #Blockchain #Crypto.  If you missed it, listen to audio replays published every week from Aug 23 on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts and everywhere else! The show features expert guests including... ⭐ Leon Ng, Creative Media Entrepreneur, Founder of LNG Studios  ⭐ Artur Sychov, Founder & CEO of Somnium Space  ⭐ Cathy Hackl, Chief Metaverse Officer ⭐ Irina Karagyaur, Head of Metaverse Growth at Unique Network  ⭐ Dirk Lueth, Co-founder at Uplandme, Inc. ⭐ Dan Burgar, President of VR AR Association Vancouver ⭐ Jake Steinerman, Head of Community at Spatial  ⭐Gary James McQueen, Curator and Creative Director of First Unreal Engine Digital Fashion Show ⭐ Jillian Godsil, MA, BA (hons), CoinDesk Journalist ⭐ Emily Lazar, First Female Rock Singer To Mint An NFT ⭐ Oly, First Female Indie Musician to Record A VR Music Video On Somnium Space ⭐ Michael Potts, Metaverse Architect ⭐ Jimmy Song, Bitcoin Developer, Entrepreneur For our first episode, our guest is Jake Steinerman, Head of Community from Spatial.io. We have been speaking a little while on our discord server bit.ly/podfestasia and we used this episode to dive in on some new features he and his team have been working extremely hard on. For those in our community who don't know what Spatial.io is, I decided to invite him to come on the Metaverse-themed festival and live podcast to give them some insight and explain immersive AR/ VR tech and everything #Metaverse You have already seen a preview of the avatar which I posted on socials in late June that will replace me - it is eerily photo-realistc and real, people loved it so far! On this episode, I asked Jake whether: The pandemic aided in AR/ VR progression; how is his team able to help companies pivot during these unpredictable but also exciting times especially in the AR/ VR spaceOcculus Quest 2 changed the way in how people see each other after Zoom fatigue. Are these things in metaverse going to persist especially with NFT and AR/ VR converging?How did Spatial.io go into NFT integration space? Was it due to NFT artists flooding the space to create immersive galleries for collector vs staring at 2D digital art?What’s cool about #Metamask integration; how with a few clicks anyone can place their NFT art in the virtual galleries and walls; what is it like in the web version?What they are doing in and for the NFT community and upcoming collaborations?Does disorientation ever go away for someone who spends so much time in VR?How do viewers bid the NFT pieces seen in a VR gallery?Do they take commissions or sell virtual land?VR first companies vs #Zoom first companies - why the former boasts benefits of having VR headquarters, keeping clients and remote employees engaged You don’t wanna miss this episode. Hit our discord server bit.ly/podfestasia to find out when we’ll be streaming our next live-taping session! Background photo credit: James O’ Toole. "I don’t know where I’m going from here but I promise it won’t be boring" - David Bowie If you missed our live-taping of The Metaverse Asia Podcast, we are happy to announce the PodFest Asia Virtual Experience. Not being able to tune in live to our live-taping of all our podcast shows doesn’t mean we have to miss out on those important sessions and connections. Starting today, enter our Virtual Experience to catch podcast replays, grow your network, attend live events, discuss new ideas, meet old friends or listen to exclusive podcast episodes all from the comfort of your home or office.The Virtual Experience is a fully immersive convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space, augmented reality, and the Internet (accessible by VR Headset such as Oculus VR Quest 2, Mobile or Web) divided into the following podcast show rooms ie. The CMO Asia Podcast*The PodFest Asia Podcast*The Metaverse Asia Podcast**The Sports | Gaming | Live! Podcast*The NFT Asia Podcast*The Nirvana Show Podcast*As well as The Virtual Experience Partners Rooms* that we’ll be announcing in the months to come! Visit all the above immersive digital lounges to explore, network and experience a month of on demand podcast content, live talks and insights from sessions hosted by industry leaders.As you enter and move through the space you will be represented by your avatar. When exploring the space you will be able to join conversations, attend meet ups, interact with podcast guests, speakers, attendees and much more.P.S. No VR headset to enter the metaverse? Fret not, you can still enter our VR World via Web or Mobile. *Opening Soon**Open for free public access 24/7 around the clockBe part of the ...
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    43 mins

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