Joseph Bradley (CEO at Tonomus) came to LEAP 2023 to talk about the metaverse. Working deeply in this emerging sector, Bradley knows that the metaverse has become a bit of a mythical beast; so much so that many people have dismissed it as hype (like in this Bloomberg newsletter, and
Web 1.0 was static, decentralised, mostly read-only home pages. Web 2.0 is about blogging, social media and e-commerce centralised and owned by tech giants. Web 3.0 is about whatever we want it to become. According to Chris Dixon: “We are now at the beginning of the web3
In 2008, anthropologist Tom Boellstorff published a book called Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human. It was an outlier in the field of social anthropology; the account of a field study that had been conducted entirely online, inside the online game Second Life. The
Joseph Bradley (CEO at Tonomus) came to LEAP 2023 to talk about the metaverse. Working deeply in this emerging sector, Bradley knows that the metaverse has become a bit of a mythical beast; so much so that many people have dismissed it as hype (like in this Bloomberg newsletter, and
follow us on spotify In this episode we are joined by Keith Jordan (Vice President Innovation, Mastercard). As people look for immersive and creative ways to interact with brands and products in a digital-first world, we will see a revolution in digital clothing, virtual stores, gaming, and NFTs – all of
NFT news 1. Warner Bros enters NFT’s Warner Bros. is releasing NFTs for its iconic 2001 film “Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring,” at web3.wb.com, the studio announced Thursday. The NFTs effectively function as an all-in-one digital experience and each include a 4K copy of
Metaverse is a word that has only recently entered our dictionary. The word popped up 128 times in company conferences in 2021, compared to only 7 in 2020. We can credit Mark Zuckberg for bringing the obscure term to common usage. In October 2021, the founder of the social media
Renato De Castro (Executive Director at RMA Advisory) opened his #LEAP22 keynote with a touch of regret. In February 2009 he received a “very strange” offer – the opportunity to buy something called Bitcoin, for about $0.09. He didn’t buy it. Then in 2010, his child was born. “We
Welcome to this week’s LEAP:IN newsletter. Each week, we unpack leader’s powerful quotes and decipher the tech landscape. With exclusive content from some of the world’s leading experts in AI, robotics, space, edutech, climate tech and more, read on to discover this week’s insights and
The next edition of LEAP will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 6-9 February 2023 with 100,000+ visitors. Under the theme Into New Worlds, each of the festival’s days will focus on a different pillar of innovation: Spark, Collaboration, Momentum, and Future. 500+ global CEOs, investors, unicorns
