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From YouTube: MAY 10 2022 Statements Brenda Bailey
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
vancouver
falls
creek.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Metaverse
is
a
term
first
coined
by
american
novelist,
neil
stephenson
in
his
1992
dystopian
novel
snow
crash.
It's
a
very
broad
term
used
widely,
despite
not
being
fully
defined,
but
can
you
define
the
future
in
the
70s?
People
spoke
of
the
internet,
but
could
they
possibly
have
been
able
to
define
what
it
would
become
and
the
role
that
it
would
play
in
our
lives?
Experientially
multiplayer,
open
world
video
games
are
metaverse
experiences.
A
Meeting
up
with
friends
in
roblox
or
fortnite,
or
even
the
game
I
played
at
university.
World
of
warcraft
are
metaverse
experiences.
We
create
avatars
online
characters
who
represent
us
in
game
and
meet
real
life
friends
in
an
online
space,
interacting
and
building
relationships
through
a
digital
experience,
but
there
are
significant
applications
outside
of
gaming
and
socializing.
A
A
local
example
is
the
creation
of
a
fully
explorable
virtual
reality,
twin
of
a
complex
mining
project
built
out
by
lamazu,
a
victoria
company,
many
large
tech
players,
microsoft
and,
of
course,
zuckerberg's
newly
named
meta
are
banking
on
the
metaverse,
yet
many
argue
they're
also
a
barrier.
Competition
leads
to
gated
universes,
as
opposed
to
one
interconnected
online
world
for
many
tech
developers
and
investors.
The
metaverse,
blockchain
and
crypto
are
intertwined
and
will
become
part
of
web
3,
a
decentralized
internet
controlled
by
individuals
rather
than
by
big
companies.
A
So
why
am
I
taking
my
two-minute
statement
to
talk
about
the
metaverse
because
we're
a
hub
for
the
creation
of
video
games,
visual
effects,
vr
nfts
and
crypto
vancouver
and
bc
have
a
unique
combination
of
skills
and
companies
to
become
a
major
contributor
to
web
3,
and
we
should
be
paying
attention
to
this
exciting
and
fast
moving
space.
Mr
speaker,
building
out
the
metaverse,
isn't
just
cool
it's
a
huge
opportunity
for
our
tech
sector
and
for
our
province.