What happens when real studios start building games inside of Fortnite, Roblox, and Minecraft? What's Walmart got to do with the metaverse?

Join Yon Raz-Fridman, CEO at Supersocial, a studio and agency producing games and experiences for brands across platforms like Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, and other emerging web3 projects, as we dive into what makes brands so excited to get into the metaverse. Supersocial touches on a core theme of interest of ours in 2023, which is the intersection of commercial interests with user-generated content on supportive platforms.

We dig in on commercial interactions with UGC tools and the "metaverse," how player numbers look in branded experiences, and what's next for the space as a whole. Yon is at the ground level of the movement, and his experience in working with brands to bring their experiences to life is an excellent lens with which to view the current ecosystem.

Yon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/yonatanrf
Supersocial's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SupersocialPlay
Sam's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamPeurifoy
Kapital DAO's Twitter: https://twitter.com/KapitalDAO

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Listen on Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2006743/12817713

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VkVcRgmb2pM

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0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Yon & Supersocial's Background
1:50 - Size of Supersocial
2:55 - What do Brands Want in Game Worlds?
4:20 - What Platforms do Brands Prefer?
6:25 - Monetization
8:04 - Transmedia
11:30 - Web3 and UGC
16:35 - Will Brands Will Stay in Virtual Worlds?
18:55 - AI in UGC
20:40 - Advice for New Builders
21:40 - Outrp

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Sam is the CEO of Playground Labs, a web3 venture studio, and  he is a Partner & Head of Interactive at Hivemind Capital, a crypto-focused multi-strategy fund. Follow him on Twitter @SamPeurifoy. Web3 Wednesdays are sponsored by the Kapital DAO, the leading provider of web3 asset management SaaS tools.

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