New Interview with Second Life Founder Philip Rosedale
Happy Monday!
I am delighted to share my latest podcast episode with the tech pioneer and serial entrepreneur Philip Rosedale.
EPISODE NOTES
As a child, Philip Rosedale dreamed of creating a fully-fledged virtual society and that’s exactly what he did with Second Life. Despite it being conceived many years before, Second Life was launched in 2003. Almost two decades later, and with one million active users and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of transactions, Second Life experienced a boom during the Covid-19 pandemic as the world went into lockdown and more of us spent more time online.
In this wonderfully wide-ranging conversation, Philip opens up about his early influences, his ability to see into the future and how he executes when the tech, not always the world, is ready.
He also tells me about his latest company – High Fidelity which specialises in spatial audio - and where he envisions the field going, as well as the future of virtual reality, education, crypto, live music, how tech can and should be harnessed for good, and how closely he believes the link is between virtual reality and reality.
Philip is one of those rare people who can see into the future and execute incredibly well when necessary. He doesn't wait for the market - or world at large to be ready - he simply finds his team, builds his vision and when the tech is in place, off he goes like a rocket ship!
This episode is both interesting and uplifting with a founder whose story is equally unique and hopeful. I think you will enjoy it a lot so please do give it a listen and don't forget to like, share, subscribe (next week's episode is with the amazing Shellye Archambeau) and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts - this means so much to me and will help others to find it too.
Thank you.
Episode 3 with Philip Rosedale - listen here.
Episode 2 with Richard Browning - listen here.
Episode 1 with Andy Hertzfeld - listen here.
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