When you hear ‘virtual world,’ what comes to mind? Headsets? The metaverse? Gaming? If any of those pop into your head, I’m here with a special guest to shift your perspective on what a virtual world is and what it could be.

Daniel Lebeskind is the founder and CEO of Topia, a platform-as-a-service technology for real-time social interaction and spatial video chat within customizable virtual worlds. Their customers span various industries, including education, game studios, financial services, and software. These enterprises use Topia to help employees feel more connected as a community. From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, Daniel’s mission is to foster human connection through technology. Having built offline communities throughout his life, he became an entrepreneur to create software that helps people manage their personal communities. As a product creator and engineer, Daniel has coded nearly 30 applications over the last six years, including community platforms, contact managers, Slackbots, real estate systems, trading platforms, knowledge ecosystems, and games for browser, VR, and mobile.

In today’s conversation, Daniel and I explore virtual worlds and online community-building, especially as we head toward Web3, the metaverse, and whatever else that digital world might become. One crucial topic Daniel addresses is child safety. When we think about open worlds, social media platforms, and the current state of the internet, what are the implications for child safety? How are apps taking steps in the right direction to prioritize this issue when building these communities? Tune in to learn more.

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