Simon Dumont

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The world has gone metaverse crazy since Mark Zuckerberg unveiled his vision of a virtual future where people will work, socialise and play. Games are an obvious entry point to the metaverse. Even before Zuck waded in with his Meta vision (and the VR headsets that Nick Clegg branded “wretched”) this was a  and is now likely to gain even more fuel. But VCs looking to cash in would be wise to assess the shape of the market before taking the plunge.

The world has gone metaverse crazy since Mark Zuckerberg unveiled his vision of a virtual future where people will work, socialise and play. Games are an obvious entry point to the metaverse. Even before Zuck waded in with his Meta vision (and the VR headsets that Nick Clegg branded “wretched”) this was a $150bn global industry, and is now likely to gain even more fuel. But VCs looking to cash in would be wise to assess the shape of the market before taking the plunge.