Under Construction

For Yat Siu, the man behind the launch of The Sandbox, our future is virtual and the metaverse can’t come soon enough

By Richard Lord. Portraits by Kyle Johnson

You’ll have heard a lot about the metaverse recently. Yat Siu is busy building it. “The most important thing to understand about the metaverse is, for most of us, our virtual existence is already more important than our physical one,” says Siu. “If you’re detached from the online world, you’re a lesser human today: you can’t connect with people or promote yourself.” Animoca Brands, the game producer and venture capital company of which he is executive chairman and managing director, has pivoted dramatically in recent years towards blockchain, NFTs and the metaverse, meaning a network of fully functioning 3D virtual worlds, accessed using VR, in which users can live a second life. The company is doing so armed with a valuation in the billions and a war chest that has…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2022

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