Tim Sweeney on the State of the Games Industry, Social Gaming, and the Metaverse
<p> On Friday SIGGRAPH <a href=https://blog.siggraph.org/2019/10/siggraph-spotlight-episode-30-tim-sweeney-and-the-metaverse.html/ rel="external nofollow">posted a live, in-session audio recording</a> from the annual SIGGRAPH conference of the SIGGRAPH 2019 talk, "THRIVE: Foundational Principles & Technologies for the Metaverse" by Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney. In the talk, Sweeney discusses the state of the game industry, the rise of creator-centric and social gaming, what the "metaverse" really is, and what it will take to build the medium on a larger scale before finishing with a Q&A session. </p> <p> Listen to the recording from Soundcloud below: </p> <div class=ipsEmbeddedOther contenteditable=false> <iframe allowfullscreen class=ipsEmbed_finishedLoading data-controller=core.front.core.autosizeiframe data-embedid=embed2597623033 scrolling=no src="/embed/url/?url=https://soundcloud.com/siggraph-spotlight/30-tim-sweeney-and-the-metaverse" style="overflow: hidden; height: 413px;"></iframe> </div> <p><br></p> <p> Link: <a href=https://soundcloud.com/siggraph-spotlight/30-tim-sweeney-and-the-metaverse ipsnoembed=true rel="external nofollow">https://soundcloud.com/siggraph-spotlight/30-tim-sweeney-and-the-metaverse</a> </p> <p><br></p>
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