What I read this week...

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This week on Into The Metaverse Podcast:

• EP.73: UEFN and the Challenge of Turning a Game Into a Platform with David Taylor - Game Industry Analyst

• EP.72: How AI Will Influence the Metaverse with Louis Rosenberg - CEO & Chief Scientist, Unanimous AI (Part 2)

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What I read this week…

• Microsoft reorgs its Xbox and marketing teams to prepare for an AI and gaming future (The Verge)

• Parallel Bets, Microsoft, and AI Strategies (Matthew Ball)

• Two years later, Facebook’s rebrand as Meta looks smart—with a caveat (Fast Company)

• Apple Has Discussed Using Vision Pro for Mental Health Diagnosis, Treatment (The Information)

• Marriott Bonvoy Launches Virtual City in Fortnite With New ‘Marriott Bonvoy Land’ Game (Marriott Blog)

• Blade Ball and How to Be Successful in UGC Games (Naavik)

• FaZed and confused: The $19 million sell-off of esports collective FaZe Clan suggests a failure to launch for competitive gaming (Joost van Dreunen)

• Discord announces slew of new monetization and safety features (VentureBeat)

• Animoca Brands acquires Azarus to bring streaming to Web3 games (VentureBeat)

Podcasts

• Roblox CEO talks about all things International on the platform (Roblox)

• Building an AI we can trust, with Anthropic’s Dario Amodei (Exponential View)

• Another virtual day, another virtual dollar: Is This The Metaverse? (Digiday)

• Decentraland Foundation Exec on Future of AI in the Metaverse (CoinDesk)

• Transmedia IP, Gaming and the Metaverse (Naavik)

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