Blockchain and tokenization have brought many changes to identity management, especially in how we deal with our different personas in a digital world.Experimentations of universal digital wallet extend possibilities to have all your digital assets protected in one single virtual place. We see great use cases of NFT implementations in academia and career development, withContinueContinue reading “Introducing the Identity Economy”
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Has the Metaverse lost its Momentum?
Now available! Watch the replay of Season of Innovation 2023 brilliantly organized by Lisa M. Lum and Friends of the Metaverse® where we examine the potential of blockchain, crypto, and the metaverse, and ponder use cases, the ensuing economy, and value creation as of yet and in the future! Here are some excerpts. https://youtu.be/Kq9MKWtqDEo “First,ContinueContinue reading “Has the Metaverse lost its Momentum?”
FUTURE-FORWARD 2024: Decoding Tomorrow’s Opportunities
I am exhilarated to engage with my brilliant futurist colleagues for a lively conversation on the future of digital assets and estate planning in the age of NFTs, and to analyze the transformative impact of AI, blockchain, and extended reality! Join us in “Decoding future opportunities – horizon 2024 and beyond!” 🚀 Terdema Ussery, aContinueContinue reading “FUTURE-FORWARD 2024: Decoding Tomorrow’s Opportunities”
One year at Accenture
I am excited to celebrate my one-year anniversary at Accenture! I am so pleased and grateful as I reflect on the marvelous experiences I got to live and share with amazing clients, partners, colleagues, and friends, throughout the year! Here is to one year in pictures.
Picturing the Future through the Sci-fi Lens
My name is Sylvia Gallusser, I live in San Francisco, and I am thrilled to join you today. I am global futurist and a tech innovation strategist at Accenture. Before that, I created two companies. I am notably the founder and chief futurist of Silicon Humanism which is a futures research company dedicated to exploringContinueContinue reading “Picturing the Future through the Sci-fi Lens”
Friends of the Metaverse – Season of Innovation 2023!
🎉 I am so honored to join Friends of the Metaverse® for the upcoming SEASON OF INNOVATION 2023, including: 🔶 Louis Rosenberg, Unanimous AI🔶 David Palmer, Vodaphone Business🔶 Mischa Dohler, Ericsson🔶 Sasha Wallinger, Blockchain Style Lab🔶 Sylvia Gallusser, Accenture🔶 Alan Smithson 🚀, METAVRSE Thank you so much Lisa M. Lum for the invitation and Sasha Wallinger for the recommendation! Looking forward to this exceptional event! Stay tunedContinueContinue reading “Friends of the Metaverse – Season of Innovation 2023!”
Human Progress and the Programmable World
Exciting news! 🎉 I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining the panel for the upcoming Human Progress and the “Programmable World” #InsightsLive Webinar, hosted by AIXR. As the programmable world continues to revolutionize our lives, let’s dive in virtual worlds, extended reality, web3, generative AI, human/computer interfacing, and the future of the metaverse! I amContinueContinue reading “Human Progress and the Programmable World”
Generative AI and the Future of the Metaverse
By Sylvia Gallusser – Global Futurist @ Silicon Humanism, Tech Innovation Strategist @ Accenture These past years, with the massive development of social media, personalization, and omnichannel strategies, marketing and creative teams have been under more pressure to create assets and deliver more campaigns, faster than ever before. But creating high-quality content requires time, cost,ContinueContinue reading “Generative AI and the Future of the Metaverse”
Do we need Chief Metaverse Officers?
Will 2023 see the rise of the Chief Metaverse Officer…? A Chief Metaverse Officer is typically responsible for the development and maintenance of a company’s presence along the metaverse continuum – from virtual worlds and digital twins to AR-powered activations, immersive experiences, and extended reality. As the Metaverse has begun to grow, larger organizations withContinueContinue reading “Do we need Chief Metaverse Officers?”
Looking Back at 2023 (…from Year 2033!)
The Burgeoning Reality Continuum A future-backward perspective by Sylvia Gallusser, Global Futurist @Silicon Humanism, Metaverse Business Strategist @Accenture When I look back to the year 2023, I can think of a distinctive emerging trend that really caught my attention. Disclaimer — I might be biased here as my focus is on technology and I am both aContinueContinue reading “Looking Back at 2023 (…from Year 2033!) ”
Introducing the Metaverse – the need for use cases solving real-life problems!
This past month, I have been busy giving conferences, presentations, podcasts, pitches, and client demos, with a common goal: educate about the metaverse, open possibilities, raise awareness about risks, and overall prepare for the future. I have to admit, the best part is when you actually give a taste of the metaverse. When you giveContinueContinue reading “Introducing the Metaverse – the need for use cases solving real-life problems!”
An Ethical Metaverse
The ethical implications of the Metaverse are far-reaching and complex. We certainly shouldn’t underestimate them, but also not turn them into showstoppers as we build the next generation of the Internet. Considering risks, potential harms, and unintended consequences is the first step in creating a responsible metaverse! I’m very much looking forward to exploring theContinueContinue reading “An Ethical Metaverse”
Joining the Metaverse Continuum @Accenture
Dear friends and colleagues, I am elated to share that I’ve (re)joined Accenture as Metaverse Lead Business Strategist within the Metaverse Continuum Business Group (MCBG). I had the exceptional opportunity to kick-off my career at Accenture Paris 18 years ago before starting my North-American journey. I am thrilled to reconnect with my roots and be a part ofContinueContinue reading “Joining the Metaverse Continuum @Accenture”
[FUTURE OF METAVERSE] How Will The Metaverse Evolve Our Human Experience?
If you are curious to explore “How the Metaverse will evolve our Human Experience”, have a look at the presentation Metaverse Futurist Sylvia Gallusser gave at APF’s Global Virtual Conference dedicated to the “Futures of Human Experience.” First we introduced the Metaverse beyond Meta, acknowledging the role Meta has played into galvanizing the ecosystem, butContinueContinue reading “[FUTURE OF METAVERSE] How Will The Metaverse Evolve Our Human Experience?”
[METAVERSE ETHICS] Extended Reality (XR) and the Erosion of Anonymity and Privacy
The IEEE Global Initiative published an enlightening report on Ethics of Extended Reality (XR). extended-reality-anonymity-privacy-1Download Here are the main insights: More and more, devices will pack sophisticated hardware to sense the world around them:LiDAR sensing, camera arrays, microphone arrays, directional microphones.Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms allow XR devices to position themselves in the worldContinueContinue reading “[METAVERSE ETHICS] Extended Reality (XR) and the Erosion of Anonymity and Privacy”
[METAVERSE STRATEGY] Go-to-Metaverse Strategies & Metaverse Brand Activation
Listen to Futurist and Metaverse Strategist Sylvia Gallusser’s latest podcast episode in the New Abnormal. The New Abnormal,Sylvia Gallusser ‘Go-to-Metaverse Strategies & Metaverse Brand Activation’ Link to the episode
[FUTURE OF METAVERSE] Why You Need A Go-to-Metaverse Strategy!
What is a go-to-metaverse strategy? Every business needs to define its go-to-market strategy, when it penetrates a new territory, usually characterized by a new market environment – an addressable market, possibly new customer behaviors and needs, local competitors, suppliers, potential partners, specific regulations, and further entry barriers (Porter’s forces). A go-to-market approach will allow theContinueContinue reading “[FUTURE OF METAVERSE] Why You Need A Go-to-Metaverse Strategy!”
[METAVERSE] The Future of Beauty and Virtual Living
What an enthralling conversation we had with Gina Clifford on the first episode of the newly-launched The OmniFuture podcast dedicated to Virtual Living! > We scanned over centuries of beauty representation before projecting ourselves into the future of beauty and fashion. > We wondered what could be the next step of our human relationship to beauty, and how technologyContinueContinue reading “[METAVERSE] The Future of Beauty and Virtual Living”
[Metaverse] 8 Strategies to Building the Metaverse
Are we heading towards a betterverse? What role will humanism play in the new technological landscape, now that web3 opens new possibilities? As we dig into this topic, we wished to offer a panorama of the Metaverse(s), underlining the multiple ways to conceptualize it, the different value propositions brought by big tech players, and the diverseContinueContinue reading “[Metaverse] 8 Strategies to Building the Metaverse”
[Metaverse] 10 Reasons to believe in the Betterverse…
We are sharing 10 reasons to believe the metaverse can be built for better… This is an excerpt from the latest issue of the Grey Swan Guild’s news wrap. Read the full article here: The Future of Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging (DIEB): in web3 and the Metaverse from lead editors Sylvia Gallusser and Antonia Nicols.ContinueContinue reading “[Metaverse] 10 Reasons to believe in the Betterverse…”
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