It’s nonetheless the early days of 2023, and many people are interested in what know-how developments will affect our lives.
In exploring this concept, there was no higher place to view the probabilities than the Client Electronics Present, held yearly in Las Vegas, which I attended in individual the primary week of January.
Historically, the convention has centered on shopper tech, however has grown to incorporate a variety of verticals corresponding 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 several methods in lots of manufacturers’ merchandise.
The one constant theme of the present, nonetheless, was know-how as an empowering drive.
Whereas most of the applied sciences centered on discovering real-world options (ex., digital well being, wellness tech) for customers, there have been additionally {hardware} and software program options which may empower creators in 2023.
From a VC’s perspective, Alexa Fund director Paul Bernard remarked through electronic mail that, “To invent on behalf of our prospects, we’re investing in rising developments throughout the metaverse, creator economic system instruments, XR, Web3 and a lot extra.”
Creator economic system 2023
The latest video and audio gear featured at CES may 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 electronic mail that:
“Attending and talking at CES as a creator was helpful as right now 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 assist 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 World Meeting and Clinton World Initiative for Crunchbase Information.
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