Dan Brunskill (Markets reporter at BusinessDesk) sits down with Greg Cross from Soul Machines to peer deep into the metaverse. Since Mark Zuckerberg pivoted his company and brought the concept into the mainstream, everyone's wanted to know more. What even is it? What infrastructure will it need? Who's building it? Is it a pipe dream? Dan and Greg will discuss all this and more.

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