48 Hours In The Metaverse

Overview

Authors: Briar Prestidge

Publication Date: 20 December 2022

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiAKqeCYz3c

Keywords: Metaverse, Virtual Reality (VR), Oculus Headset, Avatars, Decentraland, Roblox, AltspaceVR, Spatial.io, NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), Cyber Sickness, VR Exercise, Healthcare in VR, Harassment in VRVideo

Summary

In this indie documentary, set in both real life and on metaverse platforms, serial entrepreneur Briar Prestidge meets 21 global metaverse leaders including Timmu Toke (CEO of Ready Player ME) and Athena Doug (Big Rock Creative).

Together, Briar and her new avatar friends travel to more than 33 virtual worlds, including the Aurora Borealis, ‘MetaDubai’ (a digital twin of the Al Wasl Dome as seen at Expo 2020), Gay Pride Parade, Burning Man and the world’s first virtual cafe based on a historic novel. They learnt about how VR is being used to support patients undergoing chemotherapy and much, much more.

Yes... Briar slept, brushed her teeth and exercised in VR — she did not leave the metaverse for 48 hours. This came with challenges as you will see in the documentary.

'48 Hours in the Metaverse' is a fast-paced, unique, surprising, and funny encounter, filmed with a 4-camera perspective — two in real life and two on virtual platforms so you can see the avatar interactions in real time.

It's an indie, low-budget, in-the-moment docu-film. What you see is what you get.