News Disney CEO Bob Chapek hails the metaverse as 'the next great storytelling frontier' and sets up a new team at Disney to create new experiences

[wdwmagic]

Disney CEO Bob Chapek hails the metaverse as 'the next great storytelling frontier' and sets up a new team at Disney to create new experiences

Disney is following Facebook into the metaverse with new initiative to develop the technology.

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[deeevo]

This guy is clown and so out of touch with his customer base. People go to Disney to escape from the metaverse and the chaos
of normal life. He needs to learn about storytelling in his parks.

 

[Hakunamatata]

This should be interesting.

 

[NelsonRD]

How did that technology work out with fastpass+?

 

[doctornick]

Doesn't this run completely counter to the idea of having people visit the parks? If consumers can get some (small) portion of the same experience at a fraction of the cost and hassle, won't it negatively impact the high profits generated by the parks division?

 

[castlecake2.0]

Doesn't this run completely counter to the idea of having people visit the parks? If consumers can get some (small) portion of the same experience at a fraction of the cost and hassle, won't it negatively impact the high profits generated by the parks division?

Until the parks don’t need to use a reservation system anymore I think there is room for both.

 

[Ransom]

Tragically, Bob Chapek suffered a break with reality this morning, carefully put his underwear on his head, walked to the nearest street corner, and began ranting about metaverses and how much people prefer virtual experiences to real ones.

 

[Patcheslee]

This guy is clown and so out of touch with his customer base. People go to Disney to escape from the metaverse and the chaos
of normal life. He needs to learn about storytelling in his parks.

If he wants to keep up with the teen-mid 20s kids, they need to find other avenues than following Facebooks lead. 13yos friends have no interest in FB, they stick to TicTok videos when on vacations and such. DH had a VR headset that was fun for the observers laughs while "seeing" haunted houses, but that's about it.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

I feel like Bob should maybe focus on getting a handle on the "storytelling frontier" his company currently exists in before striking out into the next one.

 

[tanc]

Who doesn't want to virtually meet chapek and get his autograph all for a low fee of $1000?(that gets a direct line to his savings account)

 

[brb1006]

Guys, I'm not looking forward to this year's D23. Especially since D23 2022 is the first time Chapek has been present after becoming the current CEO of The Walt Disney Company.

If Chapek is this out of touch, then I'm already expecting to hear some booing from crowds during his speeches.

The amount of PR Fluf he's going to say is going to make a majority of us hurl due to the sugary sweetness. Their probably going to get very sentimental for the final panel similar to how D23 2019 ended with a Give-A-Wish followed by tons of Disney Characters walking on stage. Especially since Disney's 100th Anniversary is just around the corner.

 

[brb1006]

This should be interesting.

Knowing how Meta works (according to this video), then I'm not excited at all.

 

[drizgirl]

fraction of the cost

Good one!

 

[drizgirl]

Relax everyone. He's probably just preparing for the next pandemic.

 

[ToTBellHop]

So this is where all of the other Spider-Men and their villains were sent after No Way Home?

 

[Lilofan]

If he wants to keep up with the teen-mid 20s kids, they need to find other avenues than following Facebooks lead. 13yos friends have no interest in FB, they stick to TicTok videos when on vacations and such. DH had a VR headset that was fun for the observers laughs while "seeing" haunted houses, but that's about it.

Last time I checked I don't know of any teenagers planning and paying for their upcoming WDW vacation.

 

[dig311dug]

That’s our Bob!

 

[monothingie]

 

[monothingie]

 

[HauntedPirate]

Memos to Bob N Josh: