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Benedict Evans on Metaverse 567 days apart Reversed ⤴ watch & share →

Evans predicted in 2021 that the metaverse would merge with Web3, but in 2023 declared the metaverse "dead" and a "meaningless term."

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Evans: In 10 years, the metaverse will run on Web3 infrastructure

“Go forward 10 years and the two of them sort of merge. In that, you know, if everyone is doing, if they could both work, and everything that you do in the metaverse will be web three, will be running on web three.”

Benedict Evans Nov 15, 2021 ▶ 32:23 What we know about web 3 so far

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Evans: The metaverse is dead and was always a meaningless term

“Obviously metaverse is dead which is good because it's a meaningless term and no one knows what anybody else might.”

Benedict Evans Jun 5, 2023 ▶ 6:32 Apple Vision

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