From how much the metaverse will impact our lives to whether it’ll stay truly decentralised, these topics and more were discussed during a Mastermind event we organised last week
At the latest Gen.T Mastermind event on September 16, guests engaged in a candid discussion about the metaverse.
They exchanged views on the technological concept, which was first described in a 1992 science fiction novel but only became a buzzword worldwide last year when Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg rebranded his company to Meta.
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In the months since Zuckerberg’s announcement in October 2021, there have been countless debates about the purpose, originality and promises of the metaverse—from how it will disrupt global retail to whether it’s just a hyped-up concept by Big Tech to cash in on.