# The future of utility backed NFTs and Gaming with Flip Benjamin

- Channel: [Ethereum Denver](https://streameth.org/ethereum-denver)
- Date: 2023-10-07
- Duration: 16:24
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-0_99dWPT5xE
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_99dWPT5xE

## Description

I would love to walk the audience through the future of web3 gaming and utility backed NFTs. A lot of the reason people purchase NFTs today are financial incentives and it is one of my thesis that we have to have other incentives and reasons for buying and owning these NFTs to reach mass adoption. Gaming is a very clear use case where people purchase NFTs like items with no expectation of monetary return. That is the thesis I wish to present and showcase the framework for a system like that.

Flip Benjamin
Founder
Pod Labs: Rehydr8
Flip is a Metaverse Architect, multidisciplinary creative designer and consultant that has worked in the Architectural and Engineering industry as a 3d modeler for 8+ years before Web3. He then created a design studio called 88 Ideas that began building out virtual environments, 3d assets, and gaming prototypes for clients including Baron Davis and others. He is now the founder of a web3 gaming platform and marketplace called Pod Labs.

https://twitter.com/88__Ideas