BIMA Beyond: Exploring the Metaverse Part 1

The Metaverse is a hot topic right now, but what exactly is it? And more importantly what does it mean for you, your business and your clients business?

Ask a different person and you’ll get a different answer. To some it’s the future of the Internet. To others it’s a game. To others it’s simply a more uncomfortable and less personable video conference.

But to all intents and purposes it’s a collection of new technologies that will apparently deliver us a more immersive and more equitable version of the Internet, manifest as a virtual and interactive digitally-created environment.

Whatever that means!

Beep! Digital are a Poole-based digital design studio and BIMA member who specialise in working with Silicon Valley-backed technology start-ups. Their 15-strong team spend their days immersed in the latest technologies, helping innovative companies communicate their story.

And even they struggle to agree on a definition of the metaverse!

So the team are setting off on a journey to understand the intricacies of the metaverse and more importantly what it means for their clients. And yours too. Joining Beep! Digital on this part of their expedition will be three expert guides:

• Paul Hamblin, Head of Virtual Production, Treehouse Digital;
• Georgina Felce, COO, Talewind Studios; and
• Farbod Shakouri, CEO, Phantom Tech

Treehouse Digital’s pioneering virtual production skills are currently in high demand from a prestigious list of movie studios. Talewind Studios have recently raised over $4m to build games on the Roblox platform and Phantom Tech have built a remarkable software engine that seamlessly links the real and virtual worlds.

We will all hear about, see and experience, real world examples of some metaverse-related technologies. There’ll be a chance to quiz our chaperones, as well as drinks and nibbles, and we’ll all leave the evening better connected and more informed.

This event is taking place as part of BIMA Beyond: The Debates.