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Metaverse: When Physical Meets Digital with Dr. Mark van Rijmenam | S2 EP8

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The rapid growth of tech innovations has brought us immeasurable possibilities when it comes to redefining our realities. This is amplified by the “pause” that the pandemic has brought to the world, leaving people to adopt a more technology-driven economy and virtual way of living. Moreover, our social connections have been compacted to a network of 3D virtual worlds that has substituted our normal days.

Works around the Metaverse have been exponentially growing and influencing the lives of people. Delving into how it would give us advantages could pave the way to a progressive future. However, it is also important to learn what the potential detrimental effects are that it could bring to human life.

Our guest Dr. Mark van Rijmenan  gives us an overview of the Metaverse, the values and roles of communities in leading it, how current methods of technology have converged to create new systems and advancements, and ultimately how there is a dark side in the digital world.

Dr. Mark is "THE Digital Speaker.” He is a future tech strategist who thinks about how emerging technologies change organizations, society and the metaverse. He is also the founder of Datafloq, an international keynote speaker, four-time published author, and an entrepreneur.

In this episode, we particularly talk about:

  • 1:56 - 2:57 Dr. Mark van Rijmenam
  • 3:09 - 4:21 The writing process of “Step into the Metaverse” (A book of Mark)
  • 4:43 – 8:11 What is the Metaverse?
  • 8:51 – 10:00 Web 3.0 and its relation to the Metaverse
  • 10:01 - 11:20 The need for a hybrid web to create an Open Metaverse
  • 12:26 - 15:55 Going back into the Internet and the development of Big Tech
  • 15:56 - 17:03 The Open Metaverse will bring us back our control in Data
  • 17:51 – 18:57 How Cryptocurrency is critical in the Metaverse
  • 18:58 - 20:24 Why Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are important
  • 20:25 - 22:20 How Interoperability creates values in the Metaverse
  • 23:17 - 24:50 Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
  • 24:51 - 26:20 Metaverse Finance (MetaFi)
  • 26:21 - 27:22 How Social Economies and communities are crucial to the Metaverse
  • 27:38 – 32:09 The dark side in the Metaverse
  • 33:42 – 36:19 Dr. Mark’s advice on what businesses should be doing with the Metaverse
  • 37:00 – 38:48 Dr. Mark’s Realization of the need for people to know about the Metaverse – the motivation of his book Step into the Metaverse: How Immersive Internet will Unlock a Trillion-Dollar Social Economy

    • *view show notes*

    Purchase Dr. Mark’s book - Step into the Metaverse: How Immersive Internet will Unlock a Trillion-Dollar Social Economy at https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/book-step-into-the-metaverse/

    Mangtas Nation is hosted by Mangtas CMO Jacki Demuynck and CEO Wouter Delbaere.

    Jacki and Wouter are also the co-founders of Mangtas – a digital platformthat provides reliable B2B tech solutions through vetted vendors and an optimized project flow.

    Connect with Dr. Rijmenam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markvanrijmenam/

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