Amusement Expo International 2022

VR SUMMIT: The Metaverse is Coming...What Should We Be Doing About it? (Room Westgate Hotel, Pavilion 9)

15 Mar 22
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Speaker(s): Jake Zim, Sony Pictures Entertainment; Tabor Carlton, LAI Games; Benjamin Lee, Senior Vice President, VarLive; Jenna Seiden, Niantic/Lightship; Amir Khorram, HTC Vive

Moderator(s): Bob Cooney, Host, The VR Arcade Game Summit;

Everyone is talking about the metaverse. Facebook changed their name to Meta. Disney just appointed a "Chief Metaverse Officer." Microsoft spent $70 Billion to buy Activision to anchor their ability to compete in the metaverse market. What, if anything, does the metaverse have to do with location-based entertainment? This panel of experts will debate looming impact of the metaverse on our industry.