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Podcast · 07 November 2022 · 1 min read

Beyond the Hype: Is the Metaverse built on foundations of hype?

Colin Eberhardt, Oliver Cronk

In this episode, I’m joined by my colleague Ollie, and guests Johanna from Finnish National Gallery, and Lilly, a Blockchain & Web3 Specialist. As we’re discussing quite a challenging and volatile topic, I should state that the opinions raised in this podcast are personal views rather than the views of any current or former employer.

In our conversation we ask the question “what is Web3.0”, and explore what it means to be a decentralised technology. We discuss the metaverse, Roblox and other virtual environments, and very briefly touch on NFTs. But for the most part, we talk about exploration and innovation.

We join the discussion with Johanna talking about bringing digital artwork into the virtual world of the Metaverse, and their motivation for experimenting with technology.

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Colin Eberhardt

I am CTO at Scott Logic and am a prolific technical author, blogger and speaker on a range of technologies.

My blog includes posts on a wide range of topics, including WebAssembly, HTML5 / JavaScript and data visualisation with D3 and d3fc. You'll also find a whole host of posts about previous technology interests including iOS, Swift, WPF and Silverlight.

I'm board member of FINOS, which is encouraging open source collaboration in the financial sector. I'm also very active on GitHub, contributing to a number of different projects.

Oliver Cronk

Hi I'm Oliver. I talk about Innovation, Technology, Sustainable Technology and Enterprise Architecture

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