Not every entertainment CEO has the metaverse bug

Many top CEOs don’t believe that the metaverse will be something people actually want to spend time in at scale.

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Not every entertainment CEO has the metaverse bug

 

The Future. While we’ve written a lot about the tech sector’s almost-religious push into the metaverse, many top CEOs don’t believe that the metaverse — as narrowly-defined now — will be something people actually want to spend time in at scale. The criticism may instead be a recalibration toward thinking of the metaverse as a way to bring digital connectivity into the real world… instead of just losing ourselves in an online existence.

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According to The Verge, not every entertainment CEO has the metaverse bug.

  • Microsoft’s CEO of gaming, Phil Spencer, compared the current plans for the metaverse as “ a poorly built video game,” noting that the whole virtual conference room aesthetic of the many platforms is unappealing
  • Snap CEO Evan Spiegel disparagingly described the metaverse like “living inside a computer.”
  • Apple’s SVP of worldwide marketing, Greg Joswiak, said that the metaverse is “a word I’ll never use.”
  • Disney CEO Bob Chapek tries “not to use” the word metaverse — a kind of about-face.

While the comments seem to be kicking Meta while it’s down, each of these companies are getting into a metaverse in their own way.

So, no, it’s not the vibes of a conference room in VR, but it’s connective — a belief that even the creator of the concept behind the metaverse, author Neal Stephenson, holds true.

David Vendrell

Born and raised a stone’s-throw away from the Everglades, David left the Florida swamp for the California desert. Over-caffeinated, he stares at his computer too long either writing the TFP newsletter or screenplays. He is repped by Anonymous Content.

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