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Session28 September 2023

Game on: How Brands entered the Metaverse in a playful way

A look at how forward-thinking brands have created game-inspired metaverse experiences — what worked, what didn't, and what the Microsoft ecosystem can learn from it.

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Sandra Kiel
Playpreneur · Speaker · Mentor

What This Session Was About

The metaverse hype peaked and crashed — but the brands that approached it with genuine playfulness came out of it with real learnings about immersive engagement. This session separated the gimmicks from the genuine experiments.

From Minecraft activations to Mesh-based events, we looked at how brands entered virtual spaces, what game mechanics they borrowed, and how those same patterns apply to internal Microsoft 365 and Teams deployments.

Key Topics

  • Brand metaverse case studies: what actually worked
  • The game design principles behind the most successful virtual brand experiences
  • How to translate consumer gaming UX patterns into enterprise Microsoft tools
  • From hype to habit: making virtual spaces stick

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