Digital assets, online identities, spatial computing and why virtual worlds mean real business

The World Economic Forum’s new Insight Report on The Future of Global Finech shows that more than a quarter of the world’s fintechs are in the Asia Pacific Region and almost a third of them are in payments. It is a crucible of innovation, which is Victoria Richardson and I chose Money20/20 Asia in Bangkok today (25th April) to launch our new book Money in the Metaverse: Digital assets, online identities, spatial computing and why virtual worlds mean real business.The kind people at Money20/20 gave us the Pathways Stage to kick off the day with an onstage discussion about the Metaverse and our views on the emerging infrastructure.In our book Victoria and I talk about the technologies needed to make the metaverses of the near future useful for business and explore the new services that they will deliver. The book links the virtual, augemented and extended worlds where transactions can take place, the digital assets that will be exchanged in those transactions and the owners of those assets.We go on to develop a comprehensive and practical model of the Metaverse and the nature of transactions in the new business environment. We think that our clear view of VR/AR worlds, its simple taxonomy for digital assets, and its tried-and-tested model of digital identity will provide a better understanding of the opportunities in the many metaverses where we will work, rest and play in the near future. Thank you so much Money20/20 for giving us this platform to launch the book and for…Digital assets, online identities, spatial computing and why virtual worlds mean real business