META This! Ep.6: Virtual Reality is Where the Young Spend their Time & their Allowance! Fortnite = $3B a Year
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In Episode 6 of META This!, host David Schnider welcomes Morgan Linton, CTO and co-founder of Bold Metrics, for a deep dive into how Gen Z is shaping the Metaverse—and spending billions doing it.
Topics include:
- Why Fortnite generates $3B annually from virtual outfits
- How kids now prefer their allowance in Robux over real dollars
- What 3D and VR commerce will mean for brands like Nike and Patagonia
- The myth that AR/VR is required for metaverse engagement
- The future of digital assets, ownership, and permanence
- The gamification of shopping and blending of physical/digital goods
- Accessibility, community, and identity in online immersive spaces
- Why Apple’s Vision Pro and spatial computing signal a paradigm shift
Morgan brings expert insights from both the retail tech space and personal experience navigating virtual worlds for over a decade.
9 episodes