It’s nonetheless the early days of 2023, and many people are inquisitive about what know-how tendencies will influence our lives.
In exploring this concept, there was no higher place to view the probabilities than the Shopper Electronics Present, held yearly in Las Vegas, which I attended in individual the primary week of January.
Historically, the convention has targeted on client tech, however has grown to incorporate numerous verticals akin to content material, media, early-stage corporations and the metaverse (and prolonged actuality).
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This 12 months, the inclusion of Web3 additionally confirmed up in numerous methods in lots of manufacturers’ merchandise.
The one constant theme of the present, nonetheless, was know-how as an empowering pressure.
Whereas lots of the applied sciences targeted on discovering real-world options (ex., digital well being, wellness tech) for customers, there have been additionally {hardware} and software program options which might empower creators in 2023.
From a VC’s perspective, Alexa Fund director Paul Bernard remarked through e-mail that, “To invent on behalf of our prospects, we’re investing in rising tendencies throughout the metaverse, creator financial system instruments, XR, Web3 and a lot extra.”
Creator financial system 2023
The most recent video and audio gear featured at CES might assist creators in producing higher-quality content material, and there was a concentrate on panels related for creators.
The “Creator Economic system and NFTs” panel featured dialog round how AI helps empower creators and the usage of know-how to drive influencer and model relationships.
Dylan Huey, a social media influencer who leads the College of Southern California influencer membership, USC Attain, and spoke on the convention, famous in an e-mail that:
“Attending and talking at CES as a creator was useful as at this time manufacturers and creators are merging, and creators are the CEOs of their model. … As such, this present gave creators entry to new {hardware} and software program round AR, VR, gaming, AI and the metaverse which help content material creation.”
Jonathan ‘Yoni’ Frenkel is a content material strategist and founding father of YKC Media, an company which works with VCs, company executives and startup founders. He most just lately wrote about The United Nations International Meeting and Clinton International Initiative for Crunchbase Information.
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