LAS VEGAS – Is Web3 ready for prime time?

Some of the TVs unveiled this week at the annual CES trade show reportedly make accessing metaverse worlds or non-fungible token (NFT) wallets as easy as clicking the remote, intensifying a long race between manufacturers. to produce the screens with the largest number of bells. and whistles.

In addition to the usual streaming apps and voice control capabilities, over the past year some manufacturers, notably Samsung and LG, have added Web3 features such as NFT marketplaces and metaverse platform integrations to their Internet-connected “smart” TVs. Internet. These moves represent a bid to ensure their teams attract a tech-savvy and, in the long term, potentially influential customer base.

On the other hand, Web3 companies see smart TVs as…