Many people are excited about the ‘Metaverse’, but few have a clear picture of what it actually is. What will we use it for? What will it feel like? And how can we ensure that the future we are building is one that we actually want to live in?

Liquid City partnered with Niantic to explore the possible futures ahead of us. Together, we imagined a diverse set of use cases, placed them into a real-world context, and then developed them into stories. In each story, we considered how people could share content, discover new things, and control their experience.

The result is four distinct visions of the future, seen from the perspective of characters living, working and playing in the real-world metaverse.