{"id":4388189,"date":"2021-04-19T07:57:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T07:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/event\/dept-x-byte-talks-live-how-nfts-and-ar-can-power-your-brand-in-the-metaverse\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:48:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:48:45","slug":"dept-x-byte-talks-live-how-nfts-and-ar-can-power-your-brand-in-the-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/en-in\/event\/dept-x-byte-talks-live-how-nfts-and-ar-can-power-your-brand-in-the-metaverse\/","title":{"rendered":"DEPT\u00ae x Byte Talks Live: How NFTs and AR can power your brand in the metaverse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n\tclass=\"block-event-details js-block-event-details\"\n\tdata-event-start=\"2021-04-04T16:00:00Z\"data-event-end=\"2021-04-06T17:00:00Z\">\n\t<div class=\"block-event-details__header-container\">\n\t\t<button\tclass=\"cta-button block-event-details__back-button cta-button__color--white cta-button__style--back\" 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Bring on the challenge! On April 6th, DEPT\u00ae will host an interactive panel session to help brands understand the power of virtual AR fashion and virtual goods more broadly, with a sneak peek into the future of digital ownership via NFT. We will share all lessons learned from this little in-house experiment alongside a mix of brands, artists and NFT platforms who will help us uncover the opportunities for brands in the digital space. 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><\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div><h2 class=\"heading heading__size--xxs heading__align--left event-panel-teaser__panel-speaker-info\">\n\t\t\tIsabel Perry <br> VP of Emerging Technology, DEPT\u00ae \t<\/h2><button class=\"btn btn__color--white event-panel-teaser__panel-cta js-panel-teaser-overlay-show\" >\n\t\t\t<span class=\"btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"icon icon__size--medium-variable icon__indicator-circle\">\n\t<svg width='24' height='24' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'><g class='symbol'><circle cx='12' cy='12' r='11' stroke='currentColor' stroke-width='1.5' stroke-miterlimit='10'\/><circle cx='12' cy='12' r='3' fill='currentColor'\/><\/g><circle class='symbol-hover' cx='12' cy='12' r='11' fill='currentColor'\/><\/svg><\/i>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t\t<span class=\"btn__label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/button><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"event-panel-teaser__overlay js-panel-teaser-overlay\">\n\t<div 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