Foresight

As more of us step into virtual worlds, will human problems follow? Author and investor Matthew Ball discusses how we might regulate the metaverse.

Cathy Li, the World Economic Forum’s head of media, entertainment, and sports, discusses why the metaverse must value accessibility and inclusion from the start.

New technologies could transform the interactivity between TV, film, and audiences, says Warner Bros. Discovery's Vera Chien.

Andy Carvin of the Atlantic Council explains the real-world stakes of virtual disinformation — and why real people are key to solving it.

The future of reality (augmented, mixed and virtual) is perhaps the next great frontier for people and for brands.

Technology will influence music's future, but the old and new will mix. In What the Future: Music, we explore how brands and fans connect through music as AI, streaming, virtual avatars and the metaverse take hold in a new music culture.

Marisol Segal, head of digital partnerships at AEG Presents, explains why streaming and virtual concerts will exist in harmony with in-person live music.

Metaverse artist Sami Tauber, aka VNCCII, says it will be some time before artificial intelligence breaks its own repetitive patterns and behaviors and creates music we’ll want to listen to. Here’s why she says we should accept it when it does.

Glass Animals lead singer Dave Bayley realized that creativity and creating were keeping him sane during the pandemic. He explains why that led him to open-source sound clips, album artwork and more, and let fans freely create and share their work.