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The Metaverse

Our Coverage on Tech, Retail, Marketing, Crypto, Healthcare, and China in the Virtual World

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The metaverse is expected to be a major disruptor across industries, but it's still early days for the emerging realm. In this report, we look at how different markets are embarking on their own metaverse business models.
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Introduction

It’s rare for a single concept to touch so many aspects of modern life, but the metaverse has the potential to affect many realms, including computing, gaming, retail, marketing, finance, and healthcare. In this report, we break down the past, present, and future of this ethereal concept—and how virtual reality can push the boundaries of the real world.

The metaverse can be considered any mixed-reality realm that, while rooted in real life, lets participants collaborate and transact in immersive virtual spaces via augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets and controllers.

Some companies see the metaverse as the evolution of the internet or smartphones, but instead of interacting with keyboards or touchscreens, users are immersed in interactive environments, making them captive and active participants in cyberspace.

The metaverse has the potential to disrupt everything from business travel and the future of work to gaming, health and fitness, entertainment, marketing, and education.

But despite the constant buzz surrounding the metaverse, it is still very early in its development. This means technology companies are racing to define their own metaverse business models.

KEY STAT: Some 60% of US adults either strongly or somewhat agreed with the statement “I don’t understand the purpose of the metaverse,” according to a January 2022 survey from Protocol and The Harris Poll. However, nearly as many agreed that the metaverse will soon become as popular as traditional social media platforms.

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    Table of Contents

    1. Introduction
    2. How the Metaverse Went from Fiction to Reality
    3. Hardware, Software, and Key Players in the Metaverse
    4. Retail in the Metaverse
    1. Marketing in the Metaverse
    2. Crypto Payments in the Metaverse
    3. Healthcare in the Metaverse
    4. The Metaverse in China
    1. Insider Intelligence Interviews
    2. Sources
    3. Media Gallery

    Interviewed for This Report

    Shane Rodgers
    PDX Coin
    CEO
    Interviewed January 10, 2022

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    Contributors

    Grace Broadbent
    Analyst
    Sky Canaves
    Senior Analyst, Retail & Ecommerce
    Man-Chung Cheung
    Senior Researcher
    Nina Goetzen
    Analyst
    David Morris
    Principal Analyst
    Lisa Phillips
    Principal Analyst, Digital Health
    Gadjo Sevilla
    Senior Analyst, Connectivity & Tech
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