Matthew Ball

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Strategist, essayist, that guy on Twitter, Tinkerer @EpyllionCo, Venture Partner @makersfundvc. Former Head of Strategy @AmazonStudios, ex-OtterMedia.

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Matthew Ball 10mos

Strong recommend!

So when did this chatter about the open metaverse begin? I started writing about it in 2015, 2016, and 2017, when the only person really pushing it was Tim Sweeney of Epic Games. venturebeat.com/2016/12/09/the-deanbeat-epic-boss-tim-sweeney-makes-the-case-for-the-open-metaverse/
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Matthew Ball 10mos

Thank you Dean! For those interested, I relied *heavily* on Dean's own work here (2015-), with a good summary thread below

Severance: Created by Dan Erickson. With Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman. Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover
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Matthew Ball 1y

Best show of 2022 so far: Severance (Apple TV+) by an infinite loop

Oscar and Grammy Award-winning producer and artist Mark Ronson explores the intersection of technology and musical innovation with his heroes and fellow hitmakers—including Paul McCartney, DJ Premier, Charli XCX, Dave Grohl, and Questlove.
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Matthew Ball 1y

I really enjoyed @MarkRonson's Apple TV+ series on the theme

Wrote an op-ed for @FortuneMagazine abt convergence of what grown-ups now think are 3 distinct industries - social, gaming, and media. Younger people don't consider these distinct and optimize for high quality experiences they can have with each other (1/ fortune.com/2022/02/17/gaming-companies-are-best-placed-to-build-the-disneylands-of-the-metaverse-ale...
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Matthew Ball 1y

Great piece from Alex on three differentiated ideas that the best consumer digital products put together

Roughly half of U.S. viewers who joined right after “Hamilton” and “Wonder Woman 1984” came out were gone in six months, data show.
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Matthew Ball 1y

Great piece with amazing feature on portfolio co @AntennaData Disney+ and HBO Max attracted huge numbers of subscribers after the release of “Hamilton” and “Wonder Woman 1984.” Six months later, about half were gone Congrats @rameeztase @jonathancarson!

Listen to Building the Open Metaverse on Spotify. The metaverse will be an open and immersive network for gaming, social engagement, and enterprise collaboration, enabled by a breadth of technology that includes game engines, AR wearables, real-world scans, and VR. On Building the Open Metaverse, ho
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Matthew Ball 1y

Great one from Cesium CEO @pjcozzi and Unreal GM @mpetit featuring Roblox Chief Scientist @CasualEffects: Roblox and Scaling the Metaverse via the Open Metaverse Podcast

Metaverse Interoperability Space
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Matthew Ball 1y

This was a great piece on key topics/issues for the Metaverse's development

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