Karsen Daily on 888 The New World and The Future of The Metaverse
On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I chat to the awesome Karsen Daily who is the Chief Experience Officer at 888 The New World. For anyone who isn't aware, 888 is an anonymous but extremely well loved and well respected collector and curator in the NFT space. 888 has one of the most extensive collections of rare digital artworks and is also a huge supporter of upcoming artists and a positive voice for the entire NFT space. They are also in the process of launching 888 The New World, an entirely new platform that is founded and built by artists and is set to be epic. In this episode we chat to Karsen about her story so far, including her many previous roles at Superplastic (the world's top creator of animated celebs, vinyl toys & digital collectibles), her role and vision at 888 The New World, the future of the metaverse and her own upcoming NFT project dropping soon! ======================= This episode is sponsored by Republic Realm, who are a metaverse investment and innovation platform. Republic Realm are also one of the largest owners of digital real estate NFTs in Decentraland, The Sandbox and Axie Infinity. They have just dropped their Fantasy Collection NFTs - luxury speedboats designed for use in The Sandbox, owners of which are also eligible to join Fantasy Marina, the social hub for all Fantasy Collection owners. They have also recently launched their own new substack here - https://realmroundup.substack.com/ To find out more about what they do, head to https://www.republicrealm.com and follow them on twitter here : https://www.twitter.com/joinrepublic_RE and Discord : discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW ======================= To join my weekly NFT drops newsletter, head to metaverseluke.substack.com, you can also reach out at [email protected] ======================= Links for Karsen Daily and 888 The New World Karsen Daily Twitter - head to https://www.twitter.com/KarsenDaily and karsendaily.com For 888 The New World : https://888tnw.com/ and on Twitter : https://twitter.com/888TNW For 888 - https://twitter.com/crypto888crypto ======================= In this episode we talk about : - Karsen's story up until now and her various roles at Superplastic, executive producing and managing the lives of virtual celebrities Janky and Guggimon (https://superplastic.co/) - Identity and virtual celebrities in the metaverse - Karsen's role at 888TNW and how she thinks about art and storytelling - An explanation on what 888 The New World is and the goals for the project - The mechanics of 888 The New World in more detail and how the ecosystem supports both established and upcoming talent - How gaming is embedded into the platform and their partnership with Gala Games and The Global Esports Federation - The 888 Inner Circle Token and how this is a separate project completely with its own benefits - Karsen's own NFT project (announcement very soon!) with Chad Knight and Parrott (links below) - Her pug Pearl - Shoutouts to awesome people in the space ======================= Additional people mentioned in this show Chad Knight - https://twitter.com/ChadKnight Parrott - https://twitter.com/itsparrott Dave Krugman - https://twitter.com/dave_krugman Kid Eight - https://twitter.com/_KidEight The CryptoBabyPunks - https://opensea.io/collection/thecryptobabypunks Directive Creator - https://twitter.com/Escapation Metaverse Meg - https://twitter.com/metaversemeg Yungwknd - https://twitter.com/yungwknd Goku - https://twitter.com/goku_nft Spreadsheets Eyelids - https://twitter.com/eyelidsnft