Casa Blanca is an app aiming to bring the real estate market into the 21st century. Boasting more in common with Tinder than a traditional brokerage firm, it provides users with personalized feeds of potential homes and digital bookings, making a usually stressful process far more palatable.

NFTs have become the buzz of the art world in 2021, but even though there’s so much art, there are few places to view it. Virtual reality galleries like Spatial are providing these online cultural spaces for people to access artworks, signaling how leisure activities can traverse from IRL to VR.

COVID-19 lockdowns have seen exhibitions around the world go digital to increase accessibility to art lovers who can’t travel to venues. Responding to this is Acute Art, an art production firm that uses VR and AR to display works in spaces that aren’t confined to studios, galleries, or museums.

Non-fungible tokens offer a way for people to digitally own everything from a tweet to a GIF of an NBA play via blockchain technology. How might they forge meaningful connections between fans and their idols? And how can brands sustain engagement with the tech beyond the initial hype?