Jaeden Schafer

Because I think what's next is even more exciting than getting lost in the metaverse for endless hours at a time.

and I think it's probably a more optimistic view of the future.

But spoiler alert, it includes a lot of technology still being involved.

So let's get into the podcast today.

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All right, let's get into the podcast.

The first thing I want to say is I don't think there's a lot of people crying right now over the metaverse, feeling like it is collapsing, essentially.

Back in 2021, Facebook rebranded themselves as Meta.

And they said, you know, there's going to be this new era of virtual reality.

It was definitely a big shift from basically focusing themselves on social media.

They're kind of like a new company.

It was like a big new marketing thing.

Part of the strategy hinged on they kind of had this belief that Gen Z was going to prefer to socialize inside of online games like Fortnite and Roblox instead of on sort of feed based apps like Instagram.

So, of course, they did this big name change thing.