A Framework for the Metaverse — MatthewBall.vc

8) User Behaviors: Observable changes in consumers and businesses behaviors (including spend and investment, time and attention, decision-making and capability) which are either directly associated with the Metaverse, or otherwise enable it or reflect its principles and philosophy.

7) Metaverse Content, Services, and Assets: The design/creation, sale, re-sale, storage, secure protection and financial management of digital assets, such as virtual goods and currencies, as connected to user data and identity.

6) Payments: The support of digital payment processes, platforms, and operations, which includes fiat on-ramps

5) Interchange Tools and Standards: The tools, protocols, formats, services, and engines which serve as actual or de facto standards for interoperability, and enable the creation, operation and ongoing improvements to the Metaverse.

4) Virtual Platforms: The development and operation of immersive digital and often three-dimensional simulations, environments, and worlds wherein users and businesses can explore, create, socialize, and participate in a wide variety of experiences

3) Compute: The enablement and supply of computing power to support the Metaverse

2) Networking: The provisioning of persistent, real-time connections, high bandwidth, and decentralized data transmission by backbone providers, the networks, exchange centers, and services that route amongst them, as well as those managing ‘last mile’ data to consumers.

1) Hardware: The sale and support of physical technologies and devices used to access, interact with, or develop the Metaverse.

I’m tracking the emergence of the Metaverse around eight core categories, which can be thought of as a stack...