<img width="578" height="295" src="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-616902766-Cecilie_Arcurs.jpg?fit=578%2C295&strip=all" alt="Cropped shot of computer programmers working on new code" loading="lazy" srcset="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-616902766-Cecilie_Arcurs.jpg?w=2115&strip=all 2115w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-616902766-Cecilie_Arcurs.jpg?w=300&strip=all 300w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-616902766-Cecilie_Arcurs.jpg?w=768&strip=all 768w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-616902766-Cecilie_Arcurs.jpg?w=800&strip=all 800w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-616902766-Cecilie_Arcurs.jpg?w=1536&strip=all 1536w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-616902766-Cecilie_Arcurs.jpg?w=2048&strip=all 2048w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-616902766-Cecilie_Arcurs.jpg?w=100&strip=all 100w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-616902766-Cecilie_Arcurs.jpg?w=400&strip=all 400w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-616902766-Cecilie_Arcurs.jpg?w=750&strip=all 750w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-616902766-Cecilie_Arcurs.jpg?w=578&strip=all 578w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-616902766-Cecilie_Arcurs.jpg?w=930&strip=all 930w" sizes="(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px">Brands' current experiments with virtual reality show that technologies developed for Web3 and the metaverse are already impacting our lives.<a href="https://venturebeat.com/virtual/while-the-metaverse-is-still-the-future-whats-now/" target="_blank">Read More</a>