Technological advances are continuously reshaping how people interact, engage, and communicate with one another in the digital world. But how will people navigate social situations in the metaverse? Canvas8 spoke to Dr. Guo Freeman about how people form relationships in social VR.

How are people responding to emerging technologies? How can Big Tech gain consumer trust by pursuing alternative forms of care? Why are people gravitating towards decentralised systems for resilience? And what can tech do to deliver seamless experiences and remove friction from people’s lives?

The Sandbox’s partnership with Snoop Dogg has introduced a previously detached community to the blockchain, NFTs, and the metaverse. With emerging metaverses competing for users as interest grows, how important will established celebrities, brands, and intellectual property be?

Snoop Dogg has released the world’s first metaverse music video for the song 'House I Built’. Its lyrics repeatedly refer to the Web3 ecosystem and to Snoop’s emphasis on authentic self-expression and set an example for how brands might help people articulate their identities in the metaverse.