US Metaverse Store -- USAGM
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- US Metaverse Store -- USAGM
- May 13, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English US Metaverse Store (TV, R) HEADLINE: The Next New Thing: Companies Are Building the ‘Metaverse’ but What Is It? TEASER: Meta, formerly Facebook, wants to help introduce people to the Metaverse with its new Meta Store PUBLISHED AT: 05/13/2022 at 10:30AM BYLINE: Michelle Quinn CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: VIDEOGRAPHER: Matt Dibble PRODUCER: Matt Dibble SCRIPT EDITORS: SKS, Mia Bush VIDEO SOURCE (S): Zoom, VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO _X_ TRT: 2:50 VID APPROVED BY: mia TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO: )) [[The “metaverse” has been touted as the next digital shift, 3-dimensional online spaces where people will shop, work, play games, and go to concerts. VOA’s Michelle Quinn is looking at what the Metaverse is or might be.]] ((Derrick Stamos, Meta Store Visitor)) “It’s a way to immerse yourself in a virtually created world that offers a few things now but might offer more things in the future.” ((NARRATOR)) That’s Derrick Stamos, an airline pilot, giving his definition of the Metaverse. Tech companies, marketers, futurists all are using “Metaverse” to describe the next digital shift, a place where the real world and the digital world will mix even more than they do now. But beyond that? [[For Radio: Sayon ((SAID: SIGHon)) Deb is with the Consumer Technology Association. He spoke to VOA over Zoom]] ((Sayon Deb, Consumer Technology Association)) ((Courtesy: Zoom)) “Right now, we are essentially hearing the first whispers of a Metaverse and there is very little to say that this will be the future. All we're really doing is really at the brainstorming phase of, what should it look like?” ((NARRATOR)) Metaverse, a term from science fiction, describes how people will interact in a three- dimensional, immersive world, rather than the two-dimensional world of screens we interact with today. ((Sayon Deb, Consumer Technology Association)) ((Courtesy Zoom)) “It's not just looking at video or even virtual reality on your screens or through displays, but really having a kind of a digital layer thrown on top of the entire world.” [[For Radio: Catherine Allen is the CEO of Limina Immersive, a consultancy firm. She spoke to VOA over Zoom]] ((Courtesy: Zoom)) ((Catherine Allen, Limina Immersive CEO)) “The great thing about the Metaverse is it captures the point that it's all connected. It's like the internet that you walk into.” ((NARRATOR)) Betting big on the Metaverse is Facebook. Last year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg renamed the company Meta. This week, he opened a store called Meta, south of San Francisco. ((NARRATOR)) Visitors tried on virtual reality headsets, played with other wares … and contemplated the Metaverse. [[For Radio: Jun Lee, a businessman, drove an hour to the Meta Store]] ((Jun Lee, Meta Store Visitor)) “Want to go to Moon? Maybe it's hard for people. But in the Metaverse, just seconds, you go to moon." [[For Radio: Mark Kwan is a software engineer who visited the store.]] ((Mark Kwan, Meta Store Visitor)) “I’m not sure if I’ve seen anything yet that’s really life-altering or reality-altering. I don’t know what that would be, but I’m very interested in finding out what that will be.” ((NARRATOR)) Seth Nuzum imagines it could be feeling like he’s really with his friends online. ((Seth Nuzum, Meta Store Visitor)) “I’d like to be in a virtual chat room with my friends for four-plus hours. If I could have that level of immersion to be connected constantly like in my room or wherever I please, that would be the main draw for me.” ((NARRATOR)) With as much excitement and hype as skepticism and questions about the Metaverse that is taking shape, people are considering what their digital lives hold next. ((Michelle Quinn, VOA NEWS))
- Transcript/Script US Metaverse Store (TV, R) HEADLINE: The Next New Thing: Companies Are Building the ‘Metaverse’ but What Is It? TEASER: Meta, formerly Facebook, wants to help introduce people to the Metaverse with its new Meta Store PUBLISHED AT: 05/13/2022 at 10:30AM BYLINE: Michelle Quinn CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: VIDEOGRAPHER: Matt Dibble PRODUCER: Matt Dibble SCRIPT EDITORS: SKS, Mia Bush VIDEO SOURCE (S): Zoom, VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO _X_ TRT: 2:50 VID APPROVED BY: mia TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO: )) [[The “metaverse” has been touted as the next digital shift, 3-dimensional online spaces where people will shop, work, play games, and go to concerts. VOA’s Michelle Quinn is looking at what the Metaverse is or might be.]] ((Derrick Stamos, Meta Store Visitor)) “It’s a way to immerse yourself in a virtually created world that offers a few things now but might offer more things in the future.” ((NARRATOR)) That’s Derrick Stamos, an airline pilot, giving his definition of the Metaverse. Tech companies, marketers, futurists all are using “Metaverse” to describe the next digital shift, a place where the real world and the digital world will mix even more than they do now. But beyond that? [[For Radio: Sayon ((SAID: SIGHon)) Deb is with the Consumer Technology Association. He spoke to VOA over Zoom]] ((Sayon Deb, Consumer Technology Association)) ((Courtesy: Zoom)) “Right now, we are essentially hearing the first whispers of a Metaverse and there is very little to say that this will be the future. All we're really doing is really at the brainstorming phase of, what should it look like?” ((NARRATOR)) Metaverse, a term from science fiction, describes how people will interact in a three- dimensional, immersive world, rather than the two-dimensional world of screens we interact with today. ((Sayon Deb, Consumer Technology Association)) ((Courtesy Zoom)) “It's not just looking at video or even virtual reality on your screens or through displays, but really having a kind of a digital layer thrown on top of the entire world.” [[For Radio: Catherine Allen is the CEO of Limina Immersive, a consultancy firm. She spoke to VOA over Zoom]] ((Courtesy: Zoom)) ((Catherine Allen, Limina Immersive CEO)) “The great thing about the Metaverse is it captures the point that it's all connected. It's like the internet that you walk into.” ((NARRATOR)) Betting big on the Metaverse is Facebook. Last year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg renamed the company Meta. This week, he opened a store called Meta, south of San Francisco. ((NARRATOR)) Visitors tried on virtual reality headsets, played with other wares … and contemplated the Metaverse. [[For Radio: Jun Lee, a businessman, drove an hour to the Meta Store]] ((Jun Lee, Meta Store Visitor)) “Want to go to Moon? Maybe it's hard for people. But in the Metaverse, just seconds, you go to moon." [[For Radio: Mark Kwan is a software engineer who visited the store.]] ((Mark Kwan, Meta Store Visitor)) “I’m not sure if I’ve seen anything yet that’s really life-altering or reality-altering. I don’t know what that would be, but I’m very interested in finding out what that will be.” ((NARRATOR)) Seth Nuzum imagines it could be feeling like he’s really with his friends online. ((Seth Nuzum, Meta Store Visitor)) “I’d like to be in a virtual chat room with my friends for four-plus hours. If I could have that level of immersion to be connected constantly like in my room or wherever I please, that would be the main draw for me.” ((NARRATOR)) With as much excitement and hype as skepticism and questions about the Metaverse that is taking shape, people are considering what their digital lives hold next. ((Michelle Quinn, VOA NEWS))
- NewsML Media Topics Economy, Business and Finance, Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Topic Tags ECommerce Internet Social Network
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date May 13, 2022 14:57 EDT
- Description English The “metaverse” has been touted as the next digital shift, 3-dimensional online spaces where people will shop, work, play games, and go to concerts. VOA’s Michelle Quinn is looking at what the Metaverse is or might be.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English