The metaverse could offer multi-trillion-dollar opportunities for businesses in the long term, with the potential to transform many aspects of daily life. 00:00 - How the metaverse could transform our daily lives 01:22 - How filmmakers are using metaverse technology 02:30 - What is the metaverse? 04:09 - An opportunity for creative industries 05:59 - How tech titans are profiting off the metaverse 06:53 - What is Roblox? 09:51 - Gen Z: metaverse natives 10:48 - How the metaverse could help climate change responses 12:15 - What is a digital twin? 14:33 - What’s missing from the metaverse? 16:26 - How mixed reality devices are transforming the military and health care 19:41 - What’s next? Sign up to our science newsletter to keep up to date: https://econ.st/3Mn3IR3 Read more about virtual realities: https://econ.st/3SZXkBY Listen to our podcast about how the metaverse is going mainstream: https://econ.st/3yz8qFR What are the video-game industry’s metaverse ambitions? https://econ.st/3S3Kmlq What are America’s largest technology firms investing in? https://econ.st/3EAT8UE Building a metaverse with Chinese characteristics: https://econ.st/3CrhtK6 Virtual-property prices are going through the roof: https://econ.st/3fPTcFJ Tomorrow’s soldiers will have their reality augmented: https://econ.st/3g1AdZ4 How can augmented reality help treat covid-19? https://econ.st/3EEXRVo The race to digitally preserve Ukraine’s buildings and monuments: https://econ.st/3RTL4RR