People show off their support for causes in a number of ways. Some post Facebook statuses, others attend events, and there might be a few people in your office who canvas the front of their laptop with stickers. Now, if you're a fan of buttons, you can invest in a digital upgrade that allows you to personalize your button each and every day.
Andrew Zenoff is the CEO and founder of Beam Authentic, a digital button company. Zenoff joins Cheddar to show off the new tech. Zenoff is not fearful of others in the wearable tech space because he bills his product as inherently different from Fitbit and even Apple watch.
The Beam Authentic button is completely digital. You can change the display as much as you want. Users can decide to wear pre-created images or design their own. Businesses can also take advantage of the button and do Beam Authentic button campaigns were consumers at an event can all sport the same design.
Meta wants creators to make money from the metaverse, but it's going to take a large chunk of the cut. The tech giant is planning to keep nearly 50% of all digital asset sales within Horizon Worlds, the virtual reality platform that's considered an integral part of the company's unfolding metaverse. Rolf Illenberger, Co-founder and Managing Director of VRdirect, joined Cheddar to discuss why Meta is taking heat for this move, and what it could be doing as an alternative to help support creators, small businesses, and consumers.
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